Texas § 545.4121 DISMISSAL; OBTAINING CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY SEAT SYSTEM.

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§ 545.4121 — DISMISSAL; OBTAINING CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY SEAT SYSTEM.

Texas § 545.4121

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Bluebook

Tex. Transportation Code Code Ann. § 545.4121 (2026).

Text

Sec. 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 unde

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Sec. 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).

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 913 (H.B. 183 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1391 (H.B. 1294 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1391 (H.B. 1294 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190 ), Sec. 35, eff. September 1, 2023.