Bill Text: TX SB271 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of failing to secure a child in a child passenger safety seat system.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-05 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB271 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB271-Introduced.html

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83R4412 JRR-F
By: Seliger S.B. No. 271

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of failing to
secure a child in a child passenger safety seat system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 545.4121, Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.