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Amend Floor Amendment No. 1 to HB 183 by adding the following
appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the amendment and renumbering
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION __. Section 45.0511, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (u) to read as follows:
(u) The requirement of Subsection (b)(2) does not apply to a
defendant charged with an offense under Section 545.412,
Transportation Code, if the judge requires the defendant to attend
and present proof that the defendant has successfully completed a
specialized driving safety course that includes four hours of
instruction that encourages the use of child passenger safety seat
systems, and any driving safety course taken by the defendant under
this section within the 12 months preceding the date of the offense
did not include that training. The person's driving record under
Subsection (c)(2) and the affidavit of the defendant under
Subsection (c)(3) is required to include only previous or
concurrent course that included that training.
SECTION __. Section 708.052, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) For the purposes of this section, an offense under
Section 545.412 is a moving violation of a traffic law.