CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2414
Chapter
100, Laws of 1994
53rd
Legislature
1994
Regular Session
CHILD PASSENGER
RESTRAINT SYSTEMS‑-AGE THRESHOLDS‑-CERTAIN
VEHICLES
EXEMPTED
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/9/94
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Passed by
the House February 12, 1994
Yeas 89 Nays
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BRIAN EBERSOLE
Speaker
of the
House
of Representatives
Passed by
the Senate March 1, 1994
Yeas
30 Nays 18
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CERTIFICATE
I, Marilyn
Showalter, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL
2414 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the
dates hereon set forth.
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R. LORRAINE WOJAHN
President
of the Senate
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MARILYN SHOWALTER
Chief
Clerk
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Approved
March 25, 1994 Place Style On Codes above, and
Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March
25, 1994 - 3:11 p.m.
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MIKE LOWRY
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary
of State
State
of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2414
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Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd
Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/08/94.
Changing
provisions relating to child passenger restraint systems.
AN ACT Relating to
child passenger restraint systems; and amending RCW 46.61.687.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 46.61.687 and 1993 c
274 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Whenever a child who is
less than ((six)) ten years of age is being transported in a
motor vehicle that is in operation and that is required by RCW 46.37.510 to be
equipped with a safety belt system in a passenger seating position, the driver
of the vehicle shall keep the child properly restrained as follows:
(a) If the child is less
than ((two)) three years of age, the child shall be properly
restrained in a child restraint system that complies with standards of the
United States department of transportation and that is secured in the vehicle
in accordance with instructions of the manufacturer of the child restraint
system;
(b) If the child is less
than ((six)) ten but at least ((two)) three years
of age, the child shall be restrained either as specified in (a) of this
subsection or with a safety belt properly adjusted and fastened around the
child's body.
(2) A person violating
subsection (1) of this section may be issued a notice of traffic infraction
under chapter 46.63 RCW. If the person to whom the notice was issued presents
proof of acquisition of an approved child passenger restraint system within
seven days to the jurisdiction issuing the notice, the jurisdiction shall
dismiss the notice of traffic infraction. ((If the person fails to present
proof of acquisition within the time required, he or she is subject to a
penalty assessment of not less than thirty dollars.))
(3) Failure to comply with
the requirements of this section shall not constitute negligence by a parent or
legal guardian; nor shall failure to use a child restraint system be admissible
as evidence of negligence in any civil action.
(4) This section does
not apply to: (a) For hire vehicles, (b) vehicles designed to transport
sixteen or less passengers, including the driver, operated by auto
transportation companies, as defined in RCW 81.68.010, and (c) vehicles
providing customer shuttle service between parking, convention, and hotel
facilities, and airport terminals.
Passed
the House February 12, 1994.
Passed
the Senate March 1, 1994.
Approved by the Governor March 25, 1994.
Filed in Office of
Secretary of State March 25, 1994.