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SENATE BILL NO. 1038

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S1038........................................................by TRANSPORTATION
CAR SAFETY SEATS - Amends existing law to provide that no noncommercial motor
vehicle operator shall transport a child under the age of six years and who
weighs less than sixty pounds unless the child is properly restrained in a car
safety seat.
                                                                        
01/29    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/30    Rpt prt - to Transp
02/19    Rpt out - to 14th Ord
02/21    Rpt out - w/o amen - to 2nd rdg
02/24    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/28    3rd rdg - PASSED - 23-10-2
      AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw,
      Calabretta, Cameron, Compton, Davis, Gannon, Goedde, Hill, Ingram,
      Kennedy, Little, Malepeai, Marley, McWilliams, Noh, Schroeder, Stennett,
      Werk
      NAYS -- Geddes, Keough, Lodge, McKenzie, Noble, Pearce, Richardson,
      Sorensen, Stegner, Sweet
      Absent and excused -- Darrington, Williams
    Floor Sponsor - Bailey
    Title apvd - to House
03/03    House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/13    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/14    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/17    Ret'd to Transp

Bill Text

                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1038
                                                                        
                                BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO PASSENGER SAFETY FOR  CHILDREN;  AMENDING  SECTION  49-672,  IDAHO
  3        CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT NO NONCOMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR SHALL TRANS-
  4        PORT  A  CHILD  UNDER  THE AGE OF SIX YEARS AND WHO WEIGHS LESS THAN SIXTY
  5        POUNDS UNLESS THE CHILD IS PROPERLY RESTRAINED IN A CAR SAFETY SEAT.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION 1.  That Section 49-672, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        49-672.  PASSENGER SAFETY FOR CHILDREN. (1) No noncommercial motor vehicle
 10    operator  shall transport a child who is under the age of four six (46)  years
 11    and weighs less than forty sixty (460) pounds in a motor vehicle  manufactured
 12    with seat belts after January 1, 1966, unless the child is properly restrained
 13    in  a  car  safety  seat  that meets the requirements of federal motor vehicle
 14    safety standard no. 213. The provisions of this section shall not apply:
 15        (a)  If all of the motor vehicle's seat belts are in use, but in  such  an
 16        event any unrestrained child to which this section applies shall be placed
 17        in the rear seat of the motor vehicle, if it is so equipped; or
 18        (b)  When  the  child  is removed from the car safety seat and held by the
 19        attendant for the purpose of nursing the child or  attending  the  child's
 20        other immediate physiological needs.
 21        (2)  The  failure to use a child safety seat shall not be considered under
 22    any circumstances as evidence of contributory negligence, nor shall such fail-
 23    ure be admissible as evidence in any civil action with regard to negligence.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 12611
     The purpose of this legislation is to increase the age to
six year and weight to sixty pounds for mandatory restraint of
children in a motor vehicle.
                          FISCAL IMPACT
     None


Contact
          Name: Jeannette Risch 
          Phone: 343-2753
          Senator Cecil Ingram



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