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.