CHAPTER 380

H.P. 474 - L.D. 644

An Act To Assist Regional Transportation Providers To

Comply with the Booster Seat Law

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2081, sub-§1, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 585, §1 and affected by §6, is amended to read:

C. "Federally approved child restraint system" means a child passenger safety restraint system that is intended to be used as crash protection in vehicles that is designed to elevate a child to enable that child to properly sit in a federally approved lap and shoulder belt system and that meets the requirements of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards Standard 213.

Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2081, sub-§3, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 585, §3 and affected by §6, is amended to read:

A. The operator shall ensure that a child who weighs at least 40 pounds but less than 80 pounds and who is less than 8 years of age is properly secured in a federally approved child restraint system. Nonprofit, municipal or contracted transportation service providers are exempt from this paragraph until February 1, 2005, except that the operator shall ensure that the child is properly secured in a seat belt.