By: Carona S.B. No. 1080

(In the Senate - Filed March 2, 2007; March 14, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security; April 2, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 2, 2007, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of a safety belt by a school bus operator; providing penalties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 545.413, 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.

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