Section 1258 - [Effective 7/1/2024] Child restraint systems; individuals under 18 years of age(a) No individual shall operate a motor vehicle, other than a type I school bus, in this State upon a public highway unless every occupant under 18 years of age is properly restrained in a federally approved child passenger restraining system as defined in 49 C.F.R. § 571.213, as may be amended, or a federally approved safety belt, as follows:(1) all children under the age of one and all children weighing less than 20 pounds, regardless of age, shall be restrained in a rear-facing position, properly secured in a federally approved child passenger restraining system, which shall not be installed in front of an active air bag;(2) a child weighing more than 20 pounds, and who is one year of age or older and under the age of eight years, shall be restrained in a child passenger restraining system; and(3) a child eight through 17 years of age shall be restrained in a safety belt system or a child passenger restraining system.(b) A person shall not be adjudicated in violation of this section if: (1) the motor vehicle is regularly used to transport passengers for hire, except a motor vehicle owned or operated by a child care facility;(2) the motor vehicle was manufactured without safety belts; or(3) the person has been ordered by an enforcement officer, a firefighter, or an authorized civil authority to evacuate persons from a stricken area.(c) The penalty for violation of this section shall be as follows:(1) $25.00 for a first violation;(2) $50.00 for a second violation;(3) $100.00 for third and subsequent violations.Amended by 2024, No. 85,§ 292, eff. 7/1/2024.Added 1983, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 1987, No. 49; 1989, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.); 1993, No. 20 , § 1; 1993, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.) , § 1; 2003, No. 28 , § 1, eff. 1/1/2004; 2005, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 54; 2005, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 61; 2009 , No. 150 (Adj. Sess.) , § 6, eff. 6/1/2010; 2015 , No. 47, § 28.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.