{"data":{"id":"us-mt/61-9-419","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"61-9-419","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(1) As used in 61-9-420 through 61-9-423 and this section, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:\n(a) \"Booster seat\" means a child safety restraint system that meets applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards and is designed to provide belt-positioning that elevates a child to be properly seated with a safety belt.\n(b) \"Child safety restraint system\" means a device that:\n(i) meets applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards; and\n(ii) is appropriate to the age of the child being restrained, as provided in 61-9-420.\n(c) (i) \"Properly restrained\" means fastened in a manner prescribed by the manufacturer of the child safety restraint system that permits the child safety restraint system to act as a body restraint.\n(ii) The term does not mean a system in which the only body restraint is a safety belt of the type required by 61-9-409.\n(d) \"Secured with a safety belt\" means restrained or secured by a seat belt that:\n(i) meets applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards; and\n(ii) is properly adjusted and fastened, including both the shoulder and lap straps, when equipped in the vehicle.","path":["TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 9. VEHICLE EQUIPMENT","Part 4. Miscellaneous Regulations"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0090/part_0040/section_0190/0610-0090-0040-0190.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:59Z","sha256":"65b2db80dacc75118e0dbc28b64aee55ad6126d1389938c1f4ed24ef1a165a88","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/61-9-418","next":"us-mt/61-9-420"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}