Amendment SSA1-SB332

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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE

SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 332

January 6, 2016 - Offered by Senator Olsen.

SB332-SSA1,1,3 An Act to amend 347.48 (4) (as) 1. and 347.48 (4) (as) 2.; and to create 347.50 (3) (am) of the statutes; relating to: use of child safety restraint systems in motor vehicles and providing a penalty.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB332-SSA1,1 Section 1. 347.48 (4) (as) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB332-SSA1,1,8 347.48 (4) (as) 1. If the child is less than one year 2 years old or weighs less than 20 pounds, the child shall be properly restrained in a rear-facing child safety restraint system, positioned at a designated seating position in a back passenger seat of the vehicle if the vehicle is equipped with a back passenger seat.

SB332-SSA1,2 Section 2. 347.48 (4) (as) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB332-SSA1,2,4 347.48 (4) (as) 2. Subject to subd. 1., if the child is at least one year 2 years old and weighs at least 20 pounds but is less than 4 years old or weighs less than 40 pounds, the child shall be properly restrained as provided in subd. 1. or properly restrained in a forward-facing child safety restraint system, positioned at a designated seating position in a back passenger seat of the vehicle if the vehicle is equipped with a back passenger seat.

SB332-SSA1,3 Section 3. 347.50 (3) (am) of the statutes is created to read:

SB332-SSA1,2,11 347.50 (3) (am) After December 31, 2015 and before January 1, 2017, no forfeiture may be assessed under par. (a) if the violator was improperly transporting a child who was at least one year old but was less than 2 years old and the child was properly restrained in a forward-facing child safety restraint system, positioned at a designated seating position in a back passenger seat of the vehicle if the vehicle was equipped with a back passenger seat.

SB332-SSA1,4 Section 4. Initial applicability.

SB332-SSA1,2,15 (1) This act first applies to violations committed on the effective date of this subsection, but does not preclude the counting of other violations as prior violations for purposes of sentencing a person.

SB332-SSA1,5 Section 5. Effective date.

SB332-SSA1,2,17 (1) This act takes effect on the 30th day after the day of publication.

SB332-SSA1,2,18 (End)