<VV> TX seat belt laws

[Joel McGregor]

Warning:  don't read if you want to be ignorant of the seat belt laws.

Texas seat belt law:
§ 547.601. SAFETY BELTS REQUIRED.  A motor vehicle 
required by Chapter 548 to be inspected shall be equipped with front 
safety belts if safety belt anchorages were part of the 
manufacturer's original equipment on the vehicle.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. 

I guess that means they will pull up your carpet to check for anchors.

Inspection rules:
 
20.23 Seat Belts. Front seat belts are required on every motor vehicle in which front seat belt anchorages were a part of the manufacturer’s original equipment on the vehicle.
Anchorages defined: A seat belt anchorage consists of a threaded hole in suitable structure to receive the seat belt attachment fittings or a circular pluck which is welded to the vehicle chassis. Self-treading bolts are inserted into the pluck to form the complete seat belt anchorage assembly.


Joel McGregor