79R6193 DWS-D

By:  Lucio                                                        S.B. No. 642


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to offenses involving use of safety belts or a child passenger safety seat. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. 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 or 545.413 is a moving violation of a traffic law. SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. For the purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs before that date. (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.