By: Watson, Zaffirini S.B. No. 1028
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the offense of operating or riding in a passenger
vehicle while not secured by a safety belt.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 545.413, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if:
(1) the person:
(A) is at least 15 years of age;
(B) is riding in [the front seat of] a passenger
vehicle while the vehicle is being operated;
(C) is occupying a seat that is equipped with a
safety belt; and
(D) is not secured by a safety belt; or
(2) as the operator of a school bus equipped with a
safety belt for the operator's seat, the person is not secured by
the safety belt.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.