82R1118 NAJ-D By: Orr H.B. No. 478 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to certain court costs associated with the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The following laws are repealed: (1) Section 545.412(b-1), Transportation Code; (2) Section 102.104, Government Code; and (3) Section 102.122, Government Code. 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 when 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 was committed before that date. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.