78R1707 JRJ-D


By:  Martinez Fischer                                             H.B. No. 418



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to fines collected for child safety belt offenses.                   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 545.413(j), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(j)  Notwithstanding Section 542.402(a), a municipality or 
county, at the end of the municipality's or county's fiscal year, 
shall send to the comptroller an amount equal to 50 percent of the 
fines collected by the municipality or the county for violations of 
Subsection (b) of this section.  The comptroller shall deposit the 
amount received to the credit of the tertiary care fund for use by 
trauma centers.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to a municipal or county fiscal year ending on or after 
that date.