{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.4121","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 545.4121","heading":"DISMISSAL; OBTAINING CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY SEAT SYSTEM.","body":"(a) This section applies to an offense committed under Section 545.412.\n(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:\n(1) at the time of the offense:\n(A) the defendant was not arrested or issued a citation for violation of any other offense;\n(B) the defendant did not possess a child passenger safety seat system in the vehicle; and\n(C) the vehicle the defendant was operating was not involved in a collision; and\n(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).\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 913 (H.B. 183), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1391 (H.B. 1294), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1391 (H.B. 1294), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 35, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD","CHAPTER 545. OPERATION AND MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES","SUBCHAPTER I. MISCELLANEOUS RULES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm#545.4121","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"8506c1079975652e3ae81e93789e10d4a42d9e40c5807e8c7762f1b079592bb9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.412","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.413"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}