00                HOUSE CS FOR CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 72(STA)                                                             
01 "An Act relating to use of child safety seats and seat belts."                                                          
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 19.10.095 is amended to read:                                                                      
04            Sec. 19.10.095. Signs promoting the use of safety belts and child safety                                 
05       devices. The department may erect and maintain signs encouraging the use of safety                            
06       belts and child safety devices at the site of a motor vehicle accident where a fatality                       
07       occurred as the result of a person's failing to use a safety belt or child safety device.                     
08       This section does not limit the authority of the department to erect or maintain signs to                         
09       protect the public safety and welfare of persons using the highways of the state.                                 
10    * Sec. 2. AS 28.05.095(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
11            (b)  Except as provided in (c) of this section, a driver may not transport a child                           
12       under the age of 16 in a motor vehicle unless the driver has provided the required                                
13       safety device and properly secured each child as described in this subsection. A [IF                          
14       THE] child                                                                                                        
15                 (1)  less than one year of age or a child one year of age or older who                              

01       weighs less than 20 pounds shall be properly secured in a rear-facing child safety                            
02       seat that meets or exceeds [IS LESS THAN FOUR YEARS OF AGE, THE CHILD                                         
03       SHALL BE PROPERLY SECURED IN A CHILD SAFETY DEVICE MEETING                                                        
04       THE] standards of the United States Department of Transportation and is used in                               
05       accordance with the manufacturer's instructions;                                                              
06                 (2)  one or more years of age but less than five years of age who                                   
07       weighs 20 pounds or more shall be properly secured in a child restraint device                                
08       that meets or exceeds the standards of the United States Department of                                        
09       Transportation and is used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions;                                
10                 (3)  over four years of age but less than eight years of age who is                                 
11       less than 57 inches in height and weighs 20 or more pounds but less than 80                                   
12       pounds shall be properly secured in a booster seat that is secured by a seat belt                             
13       system or by another child passenger restraint system that meets or exceeds the                               
14       standards of the United States Department of Transportation and is used in                                    
15       accordance with the manufacturer's instructions;                                                              
16                 (4)  over four years of age who exceeds the height and weight                                       
17       requirements in (3) of this subsection shall be properly secured in a seat belt;                              
18                 (5)  eight years of age [FOR A CHILD SAFETY DEVICE FOR                                              
19       INFANTS. IF THE CHILD IS FOUR] but less than [NOT YET] 16 years of age who                                
20       does not exceed the height and weight requirements in (3) of this subsection [,                               
21       THE CHILD] shall be properly secured in a child safety device approved for a child of                             
22       that [AGE AND] size by the United States Department of Transportation or in a safety                              
23       belt, whichever is appropriate for the particular child as determined by the driver.