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H.B. No. 418
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 418 was passed by the House on April
25, 2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 418 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor