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By: Watson |
S.B. No. 1028 |
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(In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2009; March 13, 2009, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and |
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Homeland Security; April 17, 2009, reported adversely, with |
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favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays |
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0; April 17, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1028 |
By: Watson |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the offense of operating or riding in a passenger |
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vehicle while not secured by a safety belt. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 545.413, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if: |
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(1) the person: |
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(A) is at least 15 years of age; |
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(B) is riding in [the front seat of] a passenger |
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vehicle while the vehicle is being operated; |
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(C) is occupying a seat that is equipped with a |
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safety belt; and |
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(D) is not secured by a safety belt; or |
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(2) as the operator of a school bus equipped with a |
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safety belt for the operator's seat, the person is not secured by |
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the safety belt. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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