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

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

FULL TEXT:
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 Section 545.4121, Transportation Code, is repealed.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.