• Children under the age of eight years must be secured in an appropriate child restraint system, more commonly called a child safety seat.  Child safety seats include infant seats, convertible seats (rear-facing for infants an forward-facing for toddlers) and booster seats that are used with the vehicle lap and shoulder belt system.
• Children weighing more than 40 pounds may be transported in the back seat of a motor vehicle while wearing only a lap belt if the back seat is not equipped with a lap and shoulder belt system for booster seat installation.
• Children and young people eight and up to 16 years of age must be secured in a properly adjusted safety belt in any position in the vehicle.
• The parent or legal guardian of a child under the age of eight years is responsible for providing a child safety seat to anyone who transports his or her child.
• Every person under the age of 18 years who transports a child eight years of age or older (up to 18 years) is responsible for securing that child in a properly adjusted and fastened safety belt or child safety seat.

Those found in violation of the law the first time will be fined $50, which is waived upon proof of possession of an approved safety seat.  Subsequent violations are punishable by a $100 fine.

Children with physical disabilities that prevent the use of standard saety seats are exempt from the provisions of the law if the disability is duly certified by a physician.