Governor Perry signs bills

AUSTIN (AP) - Booster seat bill to become law
Gov. Rick Perry is letting a children's booster seat bill become law without his signature.

The measure requires children age 8 or under to be secured in a booster seat when riding as a passenger in a vehicle. The current age limit is 4 years old.

Perry spokeswoman Allison Castle noted Saturday that the governor had some concerns about the bill, but she said those concerns didn't rise to the level of a veto. So on Friday he decided to let the measure become law without his signature. The law calls for a warning period of a year, until June 2010.

Then penalties could be up to $25. Lawmakers say the emphasis of the law is on education, not punishment.

The booster seat bill is SB61.

Perry signs law to help military children
Gov. Rick Perry has signed into law a bill making it easier for children of transferring military members whenenrolling in new schools.

The measure signed by Perry on Saturday, as he was surrounded by military families, allows Texas to join the interstate compact on educational opportunities for military children.

Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, a Democrat from the military city of San Antonio, says it will help with things like getting students records moved to a new school in a timely fashion. It also will help student athletes participate in sports right away.

Perry said Texas has 70,000 military dependents of school age
who on average will attend six to nine schools between kindergarten
and the end of high school.

The military children's bill is SB90.