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).
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