Enrolled SB 72: Relating to use of child safety seats and seat belts.
00Enrolled SB 72 01 Relating to use of child safety seats and seat belts. 02 _______________ 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 16 weighs less than 20 pounds shall be properly secured in a rear-facing child safety
01 seat that meets or exceeds [IS LESS THAN FOUR YEARS OF AGE, THE CHILD 02 SHALL BE PROPERLY SECURED IN A CHILD SAFETY DEVICE MEETING 03 THE] standards of the United States Department of Transportation and is used in 04 accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; 05 (2) one or more years of age but less than five years of age who 06 weighs 20 pounds or more shall be properly secured in a child restraint device 07 that meets or exceeds the standards of the United States Department of 08 Transportation and is used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; 09 (3) over four years of age but less than eight years of age who is 10 less than 57 inches in height and weighs 20 or more pounds but less than 65 11 pounds shall be properly secured in a booster seat that is secured by a seat belt 12 system or by another child passenger restraint system that meets or exceeds the 13 standards of the United States Department of Transportation and is used in 14 accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; 15 (4) over four years of age who exceeds the height or weight 16 requirements in (3) of this subsection shall be properly secured in a seat belt; 17 (5) eight years of age [FOR A CHILD SAFETY DEVICE FOR 18 INFANTS. IF THE CHILD IS FOUR] but less than [NOT YET] 16 years of age who 19 does not exceed the height and weight requirements in (3) of this subsection [, 20 THE CHILD] shall be properly secured in a child safety device approved for a child of 21 that [AGE AND] size by the United States Department of Transportation or in a safety 22 belt, whichever is appropriate for the particular child as determined solely by the 23 driver.