111 Relating to: the use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles.

Date of enactment: December 7, 2011
2011 Senate Bill 208 Date of publication*: December 20, 2011

* Section 991.11, Wisconsin Statutes 2009-10 : Effective date of acts. "Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor's partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication as designated" by the secretary of state [the date of publication may not be more than 10 working days after the date of enactment].

2011 WISCONSIN ACT 111

An Act to amend 347.48 (4) (as) 2., 347.48 (4) (as) 3. and 347.48 (4) (as) 4. of the statutes; relating to: the use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles.

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

Section 1 . 347.48 (4) (as) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

347.48 (4) (as) 2. Subject to subd. 1., if the child is at least one year 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.

Section 2 . 347.48 (4) (as) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

347.48 (4) (as) 3. Subject to subds. 1. and 2., if the child is at least 4 years old but less than 8 years old, weighs at least 40 pounds but not more than 80 pounds, and is not more than 57 inches in height, the child shall be properly restrained as provided in subd. 2. or properly restrained in a child booster seat.

Section 3 . 347.48 (4) (as) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

347.48 (4) (as) 4. Subject to subds. 1. to 3., if the child is less than 8 years old, the child shall be properly restrained as provided in subds. 1. to 3. or properly restrained in a safety belt approved by the department under sub. (2).