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.. ( 2 ) of this section, and that such owner or operator of a motor vehicle violated subsection (1 ) or ( 2) of this section. 10.32.050. No person charged with violating 10.32.010, 10.32.020 or 10.32.030 shall be convicted if he produces in court a bona fide complying policy or certificate of self-insurance which was in full force and effect, as required by C.R.S. 1973, 10-4-705 and 10-4-716, at the time of the alleged violation. Section 2. The following Chapter 10.36 is hereby added to Title 10 of the Louisville Municipal Code: CHAPTER 10.36 CHILD RESTRAINTS AND SEATBELTS 10.36.010. As used in this section the fOllowing definitions apply unless the context otherwise required: (a) "Child restraint system" means any device which is designed to protect, hold, or restrain a child in a privately owned noncommercial passenger vehicle in such a way as to prevent or minimize injury to the child in the event of a motor vehicle accident and which conforms to all applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards. (b) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled vehicle intended primarily for use and operation on the public highways including passenger cars, station wagons, vans, taxicabs, ambulances, motor homes, and pickups. The term does not include motorcycles, motorscooters, motorbicycles, motorized bicycles, passenger buses, school buses, and farm tractors and implements of husbandry designed primarily or exclusively for use in agricultural operations. (c) "Safety belt" means a lap belt, a shoulder belt, or any other belt or combination of belts installed in a motor vehicle to restrain drivers and passengers, except any such belt which is physically a part of a child restraint system. "Safety belt" includes the anchorages, the buckles, and all other equipment directly related to the operation of safety belts. ( d ) "Seating position" means any motor vehicle interior space intended by the motor vehicle manufacturer to provide seating accommodation while the motor vehicle is in motion. 10.36.020. Unless exempted pursuant to section 10.36.030 of this chapter, every child, who is under four years of age and weighs under forty pounds, being transported in this municipality in a privately owned noncommercial passenger vehicle which is driven by a resident of the State of Colorado, shall be provided with a child restraint system suitable for the child's size and shall be properly fastened into such child restraint system which is in a seating position which is equiped with a safety belt or other means to secure said system according to the manufacturer's instructions. It is the responsibility of the driver transporting children, subject to the requirements of this section, to ensure that such children are provided with and that they properly use a child restraint system.