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CA Veh Code § 27314 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3 - Safety Belts and Inflatable Restraint Systems|Section 27314.

27314.  (a) No dealer shall sell or offer for sale any used passenger vehicle that was manufactured on or after January 1, 1962, other than a motorcycle, unless it is equipped with at least two seatbelts which are installed for the use of persons in the front seat of the vehicle.(b) No dealer shall sell or offer for sale any used passenger vehicle manufactured on or after January 1, 1968, other than a motorcycle, unless it is equipped with seatbelts for each seating position.(c) Seatbelts required in subdivisions (a) and (b) shall comply with regulations established by the department.(d) The requirements of this section shall not apply to sales to dealers, automobile dismantlers, or junk dealers.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 723.)
CA Veh Code § 27315.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3 - Safety Belts and Inflatable Restraint Systems|Section 27315.1.

27315.1.  Section 27315 applies to any person in a fully enclosed three-wheeled motor vehicle that is not less than seven feet in length and not less than four feet in width, and has an unladen weight of 900 pounds or more.(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 710, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Veh Code § 27315.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3 - Safety Belts and Inflatable Restraint Systems|Section 27315.3.

27315.3.  (a) As used in this section, “passenger motor vehicle” means a passenger vehicle as defined in Section 465 and a motortruck as defined in Section 410 of less than 6,001 pounds unladen weight, but does not include a motorcycle as defined in Section 400.(b) Every sheriff’s department and city police department and the Department of the California Highway Patrol shall maintain safety belts in good working order for the use of occupants of a vehicle that it operates on a highway for the purpose of patrol. The safety belts shall conform to motor vehicle safety standards established by the United States Department of Transportation. This subdivision does not, however, require installation or maintenance of safety belts where not required by the laws of the United States applicable to the vehicle at the time of its initial sale.(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 42001, a violation of subdivision (b) is an infraction punishable by a fine, including all penalty assessments and court costs imposed on the convicted department, of not more than twenty dollars ($20) for a first offense, and a fine, including all penalty assessments and court costs imposed on the convicted department, of not more than fifty dollars ($50) for each subsequent offense.(d) (1) For a violation of subdivision (b), in addition to the fines provided for pursuant to subdivision (c) and the penalty assessments provided for pursuant to Section 1464 of the Penal Code, an additional penalty assessment of two dollars ($2) shall be levied for a first offense, and an additional penalty assessment of five dollars ($5) shall be levied for any subsequent offense.(2) All money collected pursuant to this subdivision shall be utilized in accordance with Section 1464 of the Penal Code.(e) In a civil action, a violation of subdivision (b) or information of a violation of subdivision (c) shall not establish negligence as a matter of law or negligence per se for comparative fault purposes, but negligence may be proven as a fact without regard to the violation.(f) Subdivisions (b) and (c) shall become inoperative immediately upon the date that the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, or his or her delegate, determines to rescind the portion of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208 (49 C.F.R. 571.208) that requires the installation of automatic restraints in new passenger motor vehicles, except that those subdivisions shall not become inoperative if the secretary’s decision to rescind Standard No. 208 is not based, in any respect, on the enactment or continued operation of those subdivisions or subdivisions (d) to (h), inclusive, of Section 27315.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 474, Sec. 2. (SB 929) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Veh Code § 27315.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3 - Safety Belts and Inflatable Restraint Systems|Section 27315.5.

27315.5.  All law enforcement agencies shall, not later than January 1, 1991, establish a policy and issue an order, in writing, which states whether or not their officers are required to wear seat belts. When a law enforcement agency is developing a safety belt policy, the agency shall consider the officer’s safety, comfort, and convenience.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 33, Sec. 3. Effective March 26, 1990.)
CA Veh Code § 27316 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3 - Safety Belts and Inflatable Restraint Systems|Section 27316.

27316.  (a) Unless specifically prohibited by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, all schoolbuses purchased or leased for use in California shall be equipped at all designated seating positions with a combination pelvic and upper torso passenger restraint system, if the schoolbus is either of the following:(1) Type 1, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1201 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations, and is manufactured on or after July 1, 2005.(2) Type 2, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1201 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations, and is manufactured on or after July 1, 2004.(b) For purposes of this section, a “passenger restraint system” means any of the following:(1) A restraint system that is in compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 209, for a type 2 seatbelt assembly, and with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 210, as those standards were in effect on the date the schoolbus was manufactured.(2) A restraint system certified by the schoolbus manufacturer that is in compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 222 and incorporates a type 2 lap/shoulder restraint system.(c) A person, school district, or organization, with respect to a schoolbus equipped with passenger restraint systems pursuant to this section, shall not be charged for a violation of this code or any regulation adopted thereunder requiring a passenger to use a passenger restraint system, if a passenger on the schoolbus fails to use or improperly uses the passenger restraint system.(d) It is the intent of the Legislature, in implementing this section, that school pupil transportation providers work to prioritize the allocation of schoolbuses purchased, leased, or contracted for on or after July 1, 2004, for type 2 schoolbuses, or on or after July 1, 2005, for type 1 schoolbuses, to ensure that elementary level schoolbus passengers receive first priority for new schoolbuses whenever feasible.(e) On or before July 1, 2035, all schoolbuses in use in California shall be equipped with a passenger restraint system.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 206, Sec. 1. (AB 1798) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Veh Code § 27316.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3 - Safety Belts and Inflatable Restraint Systems|Section 27316.5.

27316.5.  (a) Unless specifically prohibited by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, all type 2 school pupil activity buses, manufactured on or after July 1, 2004, purchased or leased for use in California shall be equipped at all designated seating positions with a combination pelvic and upper torso passenger restraint system.(b) For purposes of this section, a “passenger restraint system” is either of the following:(1) A restraint system that is in compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 209, for a type 2 seatbelt assembly, and with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 210, as those standards were in effect on the date that the school pupil activity bus was manufactured.(2) A restraint system certified by the school pupil activity bus manufacturer that is in compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 222 and incorporates a type 2 lap-shoulder restraint system.(c) No person, school district, or organization, with respect to a type 2 school pupil activity bus equipped with passenger restraint systems pursuant to this section, may be charged for a violation of this code or any regulation adopted thereunder requiring a passenger to use a passenger restraint system, if a passenger on the school pupil activity bus fails to use or improperly uses the passenger restraint system.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 397, Sec. 8. (SB 810) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Veh Code § 27319 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3 - Safety Belts and Inflatable Restraint Systems|Section 27319.

27319.  (a) If a bus is equipped with a driver safety belt, the driver of the bus shall not operate the vehicle unless he or she is properly restrained by the safety belt.(b) If a bus is equipped with a driver safety belt, the motor carrier shall maintain the safety belt in good working order for the use of the driver.(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 42001, a violation of this section is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than twenty dollars ($20) for a first offense and a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50) for each subsequent offense.(d) The requirements of this section are intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 392.16 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any similar federal law or regulation, but shall remain in effect in the absence of those laws.(e) This section shall be operative July 1, 2018.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 593, Sec. 3. (SB 20) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2018, by its own provisions.)
CA Veh Code § 27360 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3.3 - Child Safety Belt and Passenger Restraint Requirements|Section 27360.

27360.  (a) Except as provided in Section 27363, a parent, legal guardian, or driver who transports a child under eight years of age on a highway in a motor vehicle, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 27315, shall properly secure that child in a rear seat in an appropriate child passenger restraint system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards.(b) Except as provided in Section 27363, a parent, legal guardian, or driver who transports a child under two years of age on a highway in a motor vehicle, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 27315, shall properly secure the child in a rear-facing child passenger restraint system that meets applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards, unless the child weighs 40 or more pounds or is 40 or more inches tall. The child shall be secured in a manner that complies with the height and weight limits specified by the manufacturer of the child passenger restraint system.(c) This section does not apply to a driver if the parent or legal guardian of the child is a passenger in the motor vehicle.(d) This section shall become operative January 1, 2017.(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 292, Sec. 2. (AB 53) Effective January 1, 2016. Section operative January 1, 2017, by its own provisions.)
CA Veh Code § 27360.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3.3 - Child Safety Belt and Passenger Restraint Requirements|Section 27360.5.

27360.5.  (a) A parent, legal guardian, or driver shall not transport on a highway in a motor vehicle, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) of Section 27315, a child or ward who is eight years of age or older, but less than 16 years of age, without properly securing that child or ward in an appropriate child passenger restraint system or safety belt meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards.(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a driver if the parent or legal guardian of the child is also present in the motor vehicle and is not the driver.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 474, Sec. 6. (SB 929) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Veh Code § 27361 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3.3 - Child Safety Belt and Passenger Restraint Requirements|Section 27361.

27361.  A law enforcement officer reasonably suspecting a violation of Section 27360 or 27360.5, or both of those sections, may stop a vehicle transporting a child appearing to the officer to be within the age specified in Section 27360 or 27360.5. The officer may issue a notice to appear for a violation of Section 27360 or 27360.5.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 474, Sec. 8. (SB 929) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Veh Code § 27362 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3.3 - Child Safety Belt and Passenger Restraint Requirements|Section 27362.

27362.  (a) A manufacturer, wholesaler, or retailer shall not sell, offer for sale, or install in a motor vehicle, a child passenger restraint system that does not conform to all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards on the date of manufacture. Responsibility for compliance with this section shall rest with the individual selling the system, offering the system for sale, or installing the system. A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as follows:(1) Upon a first conviction, by a fine not exceeding four hundred dollars ($400), or by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of not more than 90 days, or both.(2) Upon a second or subsequent conviction, by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of not more than 180 days, or both.(b) The fines collected for a violation of this section shall be allocated as follows:(1) (A) Sixty percent to the county or city health department where the violation occurred, to be used for a child passenger restraint low-cost purchase or loaner program which shall include, but not be limited to, education on the proper installation and use of a child passenger restraint system. The county health department shall designate a coordinator to facilitate the creation of a special account and to develop a relationship with the superior court to facilitate the transfer of funds to the program. The county may contract for the implementation of the program. Prior to obtaining possession of a child passenger restraint system pursuant to this section, a person shall receive information relating to the importance of utilizing that system.(B) As the proceeds from fines become available, county health departments shall prepare and maintain a listing of all child passenger restraint low-cost purchase or loaner programs in their counties, including a semiannual verification that all programs listed are in existence. Each county shall forward the listing to the Office of Traffic Safety in the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency and the courts, birthing centers, community child health and disability prevention programs, and county hospitals in that county, who shall make the listing available to the public. The Office of Traffic Safety shall maintain a listing of all of the programs in the state.(2) Twenty-five percent to the county for the administration of the program.(3) Fifteen percent to the city, to be deposited in its general fund except that, if the violation occurred in an unincorporated area, this amount shall be allocated to the county for purposes of paragraph (1).(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 22, Sec. 204. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Veh Code § 27362.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3.3 - Child Safety Belt and Passenger Restraint Requirements|Section 27362.1.

27362.1.  (a) No individual may sell or offer for sale a child passenger restraint system that was in use by a child during an accident involving a motor vehicle.(b) A violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100).(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 703, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Veh Code § 27363 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3.3 - Child Safety Belt and Passenger Restraint Requirements|Section 27363.

27363.  (a) The court may exempt from the requirements of this article any class of child by age, weight, or size if it is determined that the use of a child passenger restraint system would be impractical by reason of physical unfitness, medical condition, or size. The court may require satisfactory proof of the child’s physical unfitness, medical condition, or size and that an appropriate special needs child passenger restraint system is not available.(b) In case of a life-threatening emergency, or when a child is being transported in an authorized emergency vehicle, if there is no child passenger restraint system available, a child may be transported without the use of that system, but the child shall be secured by a seatbelt.(c) A child weighing more than 40 pounds may be transported in the backseat of a vehicle while wearing only a lap safety belt when the backseat of the vehicle is not equipped with a combination lap and shoulder safety belt.(d) Notwithstanding Section 27360, a child or ward under eight years of age who is four feet nine inches in height or taller may be properly restrained by a safety belt, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 27315, rather than by a child passenger restraint system.(e) Notwithstanding Section 27360, a child or ward under eight years of age may ride properly secured in an appropriate child passenger restraint system meeting applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards in the front seat of a motor vehicle under any of the following circumstances:(1) There is no rear seat.(2) The rear seats are side-facing jump seats.(3) The rear seats are rear-facing seats.(4) The child passenger restraint system cannot be installed properly in the rear seat.(5) All rear seats are already occupied by children seven years of age or under.(6) Medical reasons necessitate that the child or ward not ride in the rear seat. The court may require satisfactory proof of the child’s medical condition.(f) Notwithstanding subdivision (e), a child shall not be transported in a rear-facing child passenger restraint system in the front seat of a motor vehicle that is equipped with an active frontal passenger airbag.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 474, Sec. 9. (SB 929) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Veh Code § 27363.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3.3 - Child Safety Belt and Passenger Restraint Requirements|Section 27363.5.

27363.5.  (a) A public or private hospital, clinic, or birthing center shall, at the time of the discharge of a child, provide to and discuss with the parents or the person to whom the child is released, if the child is under eight years of age, information on the current law requiring child passenger restraint systems, safety belts, and the transportation of children in rear seats.(b) A public or private hospital, clinic, or birthing center shall also provide to and discuss with the parent or person to whom the child is released, if the child is under eight years of age, contact information to direct the person to an Internet Web site or other contact that could provide, at no cost or low cost, information and assistance relating to child passenger restraint system requirements, installation, and inspection. Pursuant to this subdivision, the hospital, clinic, or birthing center does not have any additional obligation to provide patients with any assistance relating to child passenger restraint systems, other than providing the contact information as set forth in this subdivision. This contact information may include the following:(1) Call 1-866-SEAT-CHECK or visit www.seatcheck.org to find a nearby location.(2) The telephone number of the local office of the Department of the California Highway Patrol.(3) The Internet Web site for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Child Safety Seat Inspection Station Locator.(4) The Internet Web site for the State Department of Public Health’s child passenger restraint system safety inspection locator.(c) A public or private hospital, clinic, or birthing center shall not be responsible for the failure of the parent or person to whom the child is released to properly transport the child.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 185, Sec. 2. (AB 1452) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Veh Code § 27364 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3.3 - Child Safety Belt and Passenger Restraint Requirements|Section 27364.

27364.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to insure that children, who are, because of their tender years, helpless dependent passengers, are provided with the safest transportation possible.(b) It is the further intent of the Legislature to stress and communicate to all drivers in this state the importance of using child passenger restraint systems.(c) Nothing in this article shall be construed to extend application of these provisions to a class of children other than the class of children herein specified.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 512, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Veh Code § 27365 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 5 - Other Equipment|ARTICLE 3.3 - Child Safety Belt and Passenger Restraint Requirements|Section 27365.

27365.  (a) (1) A car rental agency in California shall inform each of its customers of Section 27360 by posting, in a place conspicuous to the public in each established place of business of the agency, a notice not smaller than 15 by 20 inches which states the following:“CALIFORNIA LAW REQUIRES ALL CHILDREN UNDER 8 YEARS OF AGE TO BE TRANSPORTED IN THE REAR SEAT OF THE VEHICLE IN A CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM. THIS AGENCY IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FOR RENTAL OF A CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM YOURSELF.”(2) The posted notice specified in paragraph (1) is not required if the car rental agency’s place of business is located in a hotel that has a business policy prohibiting the posting of signs or notices in any area of the hotel. In that case, a car rental agency shall furnish a written notice to each customer that contains the same information as required for the posted notice.(b) Every car rental agency in California shall have available for, and shall, upon request, provide for rental to, adults traveling with children under eight years of age, child passenger restraint systems that are certified by the manufacturer to meet applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards for use by children, are in good and safe condition, with no missing original parts, and are not older than five years.(c) A violation of this section is an infraction punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100).(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 474, Sec. 11. (SB 929) Effective January 1, 2012.)