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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the transportation of children in passenger vans; |
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creating an offense. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 545.412(f)(2), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Passenger vehicle" means a passenger car, light |
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truck, sport utility vehicle, passenger van designed to transport |
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15 or fewer passengers, including the driver, truck, or truck |
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tractor. |
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SECTION 2. Section 545.413, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) A person commits an offense if the person allows a |
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child who is younger than 17 years of age and who is not required to |
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be secured in a child passenger safety seat system under Section |
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545.412(a) to ride in a passenger van designed to transport 15 or |
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fewer passengers, including the driver, without securing the child |
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individually by a safety belt. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed |
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before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense |
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was committed before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |