2006 Kansas Code - 8-1344

      8-1344.   Child passenger safety; restraining systems for children under the age of four; use of seat belts by children between the ages of five and fourteen. Every driver as defined in K.S.A. 8-1416, and amendments thereto, who transports a child under the age of 14 years in a passenger car as defined in K.S.A. 8-1343a, and amendments thereto, on a highway as defined in K.S.A. 8-1424, and amendments thereto, shall provide for the protection of such child by properly using:

      (a)   For a child under the age of four years a child passenger safety restraining system that meets or exceeds the standards and specifications contained in federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 213 in effect on July 1, 1997; or

      (b)   for a child four years of age but under the age of 14, a safety belt manufactured in compliance with federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 208, except that if the number of children subject to this requirement exceeds the number of passenger securing locations available for use by children affected by this requirement, and all of those securing locations are in use by children, then there is not a violation of this section.

      History:   L. 1981, ch. 33, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 38, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 40, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 317, § 2; L. 1997, ch. 80, § 1; July 1.