Bill Text: TX HB2256 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to abating or deferring the suspension or revocation of a license issued by the Department of Public Safety for victims of identity theft.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2256 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2256-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2256 | ||
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| relating to abating or deferring the suspension or revocation of a | ||
| license issued by the Department of Public Safety for victims of | ||
| identity theft. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 411.0206 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 411.0206. ABATEMENT OR DEFERRAL FOR VICTIMS OF | ||
| IDENTITY THEFT. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "License" means a license, certificate, permit, or | ||
| other authorization issued by the department. | ||
| (2) "Victim of identity theft" means an individual who | ||
| has filed a criminal complaint alleging the commission of an | ||
| offense under Section 32.51, Penal Code, other than a person who is | ||
| convicted of an offense under Section 37.08, Penal Code, with | ||
| respect to that complaint. | ||
| (b) The department may abate or defer a mandatory suspension | ||
| or revocation of a license if the license holder presents evidence | ||
| acceptable to the department that: | ||
| (1) the license holder is the victim of identity | ||
| theft; and | ||
| (2) the person against whom a criminal complaint | ||
| alleging the commission of an offense under Section 32.51, Penal | ||
| Code, has been filed, and not the license holder, engaged in the act | ||
| or omission that mandates the suspension or revocation. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2256 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
| 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2256 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
