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House File 2499

Partial Bill History

Bill Introduced: H.J. 478
Passed House: H.J. 881
Complete Bill History

Bill Text

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.445, subsection 2, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 2001, is amended to read as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    The driver and front seat occupants of a type of motor
  1  5 vehicle which that is subject to registration in Iowa, except
  1  6 a motorcycle or a motorized bicycle, shall each wear a
  1  7 properly adjusted and fastened safety belt or safety harness
  1  8 any time the vehicle is in forward motion on a street or
  1  9 highway in this state except that a child under six fourteen
  1 10 years of age shall be secured as required under section
  1 11 321.446.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  Section 321.446, subsections 1, 2, and 4, Code
  1 13 Supplement 2001, are amended to read as follows:
  1 14    1.  a.  A child under one year of age or weighing less than
  1 15 twenty pounds who is being transported in a motor vehicle
  1 16 subject to registration, except a school bus or motorcycle,
  1 17 shall be secured in a rear-facing child restraint system that
  1 18 meets federal motor vehicle safety standards, and the system
  1 19 shall be used in accordance with the manufacturer's
  1 20 instructions.
  1 21    b.  A child under three six years of age who does not meet
  1 22 the description in paragraph "a" and who is being transported
  1 23 in a motor vehicle subject to registration, except a school
  1 24 bus or motorcycle, shall be secured during transit by a child
  1 25 restraint system which that meets federal motor vehicle safety
  1 26 standards, and the system shall be used in accordance with the
  1 27 manufacturer's instructions.
  1 28    2.  A child at least three six years of age but under six
  1 29 fourteen years of age who is being transported in a motor
  1 30 vehicle subject to registration, except a school bus or
  1 31 motorcycle, shall be secured during transit by either a child
  1 32 restraint system that meets federal motor vehicle safety
  1 33 standards and is used in accordance with the manufacturer's
  1 34 instructions, or by a safety belt or safety harness of a type
  1 35 approved under section 321.445.
  2  1    4.  The An operator who violates subsection 1 or 2 is
  2  2 guilty of a simple misdemeanor and subject only to the penalty
  2  3 provisions of section 805.8A, subsection 14, paragraph "c".
  2  4    Sec. 3.  Section 321.446, Code Supplement 2001, is amended
  2  5 by adding the following new subsection:
  2  6    NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  For purposes of this section, "child
  2  7 restraint system" means a specially designed seating system,
  2  8 including a belt-positioning seat or a booster seat, that
  2  9 meets federal motor vehicle safety standards set forth in 49
  2 10 C.F.R. } 571.213.  
  2 11 HF 2499
  2 12 nh/es/25

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