By Uresti                                             H.B. No. 2018
         77R6961 JAT-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the penalty for a violation of the child passenger
 1-3     safety seat law.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 545.412(b), Transportation Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (b)  An offense under this section is a misdemeanor
 1-8     punishable by a fine of not less than $200 [$25] or more than
 1-9     $1,000 [$50].
1-10           SECTION 2. (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-11     only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-12     Act. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before
1-13     the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
1-14     occurred before that date.
1-15           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-16     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-17     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-18           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.