LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - Hundreds of new laws adopted during the Texas legislative session will take effect Tuesday - the first day of the 2010 fiscal year.
Here's a quick look at some of those new laws:
- The age of children required to ride in a booster seat goes from under 5 to under age 8, or shorter than 4'9".
- Using a cell phone while driving through an active school zone becomes illegal.
- All passengers in a vehicle will have to wear a seat belt, no matter what.
- Smokeless tobacco users will pay a higher tax.
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