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      SENATE BILL 11-227
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Hudak, Bacon, Boyd, Heath, Williams S., Foster,
      Nicholson;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Vaad and Ryden, Hamner, Schafer S., Todd,
      Vigil, Williams A., Wilson.
      
      
      Concerning a repeal of the exception to the child restraint
           system law for children weighing more than forty pounds
           who are being transported in a motor vehicle with a rear
           seat that was not equipped with combination belts at the
           time of manufacture.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  The introductory portion to 42-4-236 (3) and
      42-4-236 (3) (e), Colorado Revised Statutes, are amended to read:
      
           42-4-236.  Child restraint systems required - definitions -
      exemptions - repeal.  (3)  Except as provided in section 42-2-105.5 (4), the
      requirements of subsection (2) of this section shall do not apply to a child
      who:
      
           (e)  Weighs more than forty pounds and is being transported in a
      motor vehicle in which the rear seat of the vehicle was not equipped at the
      time of manufacture with combination lap and shoulder belts; or
      
           SECTION 2.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
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      Brandon C. Shaffer                      Frank McNulty
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      Cindi L. Markwell                      Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO