1.1A bill for an act1.2relating to traffic regulations; requiring passenger restraint for children under 1.3the age of eight in motor vehicles; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 1.4169.685, subdivision 5.1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 169.685, subdivision 5, is amended to read:1.7    Subd. 5. Violation; petty misdemeanor. (a) Every motor vehicle operator, when 1.8transporting a child under the age of foureight on the streets and highways of this state 1.9in a motor vehicle equipped with factory-installed seat belts, shall equip and install for 1.10use in the motor vehicle, according to the manufacturer's instructions, a child passenger 1.11restraint system meeting federal motor vehicle safety standards.1.12(b) No motor vehicle operator who is operating a motor vehicle on the streets and 1.13highways of this state may transport a child under the age of foureight in a seat of a motor 1.14vehicle equipped with a factory-installed seat belt, unless the child is properly fastened 1.15in the child passenger restraint system. Any motor vehicle operator who violates this 1.16subdivision is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and may be sentenced to pay a fine of not 1.17more than $50. The fine maymust be waived or the amount reduced if the motor vehicle 1.18operator produces evidence that within 14 days after the date of the violation a child 1.19passenger restraint system meeting federal motor vehicle safety standards was purchased 1.20or obtained for the exclusive use of the operator.1.21(c) The fines collected for violations of this subdivision must be deposited in the 1.22state treasury and credited to a special account to be known as the Minnesota child 1.23passenger restraint and education account.