(a) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Child Passenger Safety Seat" means any device which meets the standards of the United States Department of Transportation designed to restrain, seat or position children in a vehicle, including, but not limited to, a booster seat.
(2) "Consumer" means any person who purchases a child passenger safety seat for personal, family or household use. The term does not include any person who purchases child passenger safety seats primarily for the purpose of reselling or leasing such seats.
(3) "Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician" and "C.P.S.T." means any person who has completed and maintained a certificate in the 32-hour National Standardized Child Passenger Safety Training Course developed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (N.H.T.S.A.), which is designed to provide the basic technical skills, experience and knowledge of the proper use and installation of child passenger safety seats.
(4) "Referral to Resource" means a list of child passenger safety technician services both public and private available in the City of Chicago. This list shall be a standardized form issued and kept current by the City of Chicago that contains current resources and their current contact information as well as information regarding the importance of consulting a C.P.S.T. for each child passenger safety seat installation.
(b) No person shall expose for sale, sell, lease, offer for sale or offer for lease any Child Passenger Safety Seat within the City of Chicago to any Consumer, unless such person has posted within twenty (20) feet of any Child Passenger Safety Seat a Referral to Resource document provided by the City of Chicago thereby assisting the Consumer with finding a C.P.S.T. This subsection (b) shall not apply to occasional sales, as that term is defined in Section 10-8-401 of this Code, nor shall it apply to internet sales.
(c) No person shall expose for sale, sell, lease, offer for sale or offer for lease any Child Passenger Safety Seat within the City of Chicago to any Consumer that is expired, damaged, missing any parts including the owner's manual, or is otherwise unfit for use for the safe transport and restraint of children. This subsection (c) shall apply to only occasional sales, as that term is defined in Section 10-8-401 of this Code and secondhand dealers as that term is defined in Section 4-264-005.
(d) Persons that violate any of the foregoing sections shall be issued a Notice to Correct by the department. Subsequent offenses shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00.
(Added Coun. J. 6-9-10, p. 93537, § 1)