81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 537, Chapter 1257 Page: 1 of 5
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Chapter 1257
H.B. No. 537
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the transportation of children in motor vehicles;
3 creating an offense.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1. Sections 545.412(e) and (f), Transportation
6 Code, are amended to read as follows:
7 (e) This section does not apply to a person:
8 (1) operating a vehicle transporting passengers for
9 hire, excluding [4ft4*i -] . third-party transport service
10 providers when transporting clients pursuant to a contract to
11 provide nonemergency Medicaid transportation; or
12 (2) transporting a child in a vehicle in which all
13 seating positions equipped with child passenger safety seat systems
14 or safety belts are occupied.
15 (f) In this section:
16 (1) "Child passenger safety seat system" means an
17 infant or child passenger restraint system that meets the federal
18 standards for crash-tested restraint systems as set by the National
19 Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
20 (2) "Passenger vehicle" means a passenger car, light
21 truck, sport utility vehicle, passenger van designed to transport
22 15 or fewer passengers, including the driver, truck, or truck
23 tractor.
24 (3) "Safety belt" means a lap belt and any shoulder
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 537, Chapter 1257, legislative document, June 19, 2009; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth148958/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.