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Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 to HB 183 by adding the following 
appropriately numbered sections to the bill and renumbering 
subsequent sections of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ___. Subchapter I, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 545.4121 to read as follows:
	Sec. 545.4121.  DEFENSE; POSSESSION OF CHILD PASSENGER 
SAFETY SEAT SYSTEM. (a) This section applies to an offense 
committed under Section 545.412.
	(b)  It is an defense to prosecution of an offense to which 
this section applies that the defendant provides to the court 
evidence satisfactory to the court that the defendant possesses an 
appropriate child passenger safety seat system for each child 
required to be secured in a child passenger safety seat system under 
Section 545.412(a).
	SECTION __.                                                                    
	(a)  The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas 
shall conduct a study regarding legislative options to improve 
child passenger safety laws.
	(b)  In completing the study, the Department of Public Safety 
of the State of Texas shall seek input from:
		(1)  state agencies charged with developing child 
passenger laws;           
		(2)  advocates for child safety;                                              
		(3)  volunteer organizations providing child safety 
services to children;   
		(4)  parents;                                                                 
		(5)  automobile manufacturers and child passenger 
safety seat manufacturers; and
		(6)  other appropriate persons as determined by the 
department.             
	(c)  The study must include:                                                   
		(1)  whether there are public safety benefits to 
increasing the age, height, or weight requirements for children to 
ride in a vehicle properly secured in a safety seat;
		(2)  the need for a grace period for drivers to learn of 
a potential change in child passenger safety seat laws;
		(3)  potential reduction of health care costs to treat 
seatbelt and other related injuries to children if child passenger 
safety laws are changed;
		(4)  options to educate parents and educators about the 
importance of child passenger safety laws; and
		(5)  other states' child safety laws;                                         
	(d)  The Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas 
shall complete the study and report to the legislature on or before 
September 1, 2006.
	(e)  This SECTION expires September 1, 2007.