80R6736 JTS-F
 
  By: Hamilton H.B. No. 2431
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of a safety belt by a school bus operator.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 545.413(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
       (a)  A person commits an offense if:
             (1)  the person:
                   (A) [(1)]  is at least 15 years of age;
                   (B) [(2)]  is riding in the front seat of a
passenger vehicle while the vehicle is being operated;
                   (C) [(3)]  is occupying a seat that is equipped
with a safety belt; and
                   (D) [(4)]  is not secured by a safety belt; or
             (2)  as the operator of a school bus equipped with a
safety belt for the operator's seat, the person is not secured by
the safety belt.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.