Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 545.4121 - Dismissal; Obtaining Child Passenger Safety Seat System(a) This section applies to an offense committed under Section 545.412.(b) It is a defense to prosecution of an offense to which this section applies that the defendant provides to the court evidence satisfactory to the court that: (1) at the time of the offense: (A) the defendant was not arrested or issued a citation for violation of any other offense; (B) the defendant did not possess a child passenger safety seat system in the vehicle; and (C) the vehicle the defendant was operating was not involved in a collision ; and (2) subsequent to the time of the offense, the defendant obtained an appropriate child passenger safety seat system for each child required to be secured in a child passenger safety seat system under Section 545.412(a). Tex. Transp. Code § 545.4121
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 709,Sec. 35, eff. 9/1/2023. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1391 (H.B. 1294), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1391 (H.B. 1294), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 913 (H.B. 183), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.