(WFRV) - September 15 through September 21 is Child Passenger Safety Week and that has troopers with the Wisconsin State Patrol asking, "are your children in the right seat?" When it comes to car seats, child safety seat laws are tiered based on a child's age with newborns, up to 1-year-olds that weigh less than 20 pounds, needing to be in a rear-facing seat in the back seat (if applicable) of the vehicle. Once a child is 1 year old and weighs 20 or more pounds, they must then be put into a forward or rear-facing seat that again is in the back seat of the vehicle. Officials say that from there, once the child is 4 years old and weighing at least 40 pounds, they can be moved into a booster seat. Why don’t Wisconsin school buses have seat belts? The child should remain in a booster seat until they are either 8 years old and weigh 80 or more pounds, or are taller than 4 feet and 9 inches. Moving children into the next seat type before they are ready to be in that seat makes them more vulnerable when in a crash. Failure to comply with appropriate child safety seat laws will result in the following penalties: If less than four years of age, the total penalty is $175.30 If between ages 4 and 8, the total penalty is $150.10 for the first offense, $200.50 for the second offense, and $263.50 for the third and subsequent offenses Officials say there are no exemptions to these child safety seat laws and there is nothing in place that allows removing a child from their seat and handling personal needs like changing a diaper or feeding the child while riding in a vehicle.