Bill Text: TX HB2768 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of an occupational driver's license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-24 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2768 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2768-Comm_Sub.html
86R21849 AJZ-F | |||
By: Martinez Fischer | H.B. No. 2768 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2768: | |||
By: Moody | C.S.H.B. No. 2768 |
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relating to the issuance of an occupational driver's license. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 521.242, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsections (b-1), (g), and (h) and amending Subsection | ||
(d) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) A person whose driver's license is suspended under | ||
Chapter 708 or denied renewal under Chapter 706 may apply for an | ||
occupational license by filing a verified petition with the clerk | ||
of a court: | ||
(1) in which the person was convicted for an | ||
underlying offense giving rise to the license suspension or denial; | ||
or | ||
(2) with whose order to pay or satisfy a judgment | ||
ordering payment of a fine and cost the person failed to comply, | ||
giving rise to the license denial. | ||
(d) A petition filed under Subsection (b) or (b-1) must | ||
state that the petitioner was: | ||
(1) convicted in that court for an offense under the | ||
laws of this state; or | ||
(2) ordered by that court to pay or satisfy a judgment | ||
ordering payment of a fine or cost. | ||
(g) A court shall notify a person at sentencing that the | ||
person may be entitled to an occupational license if: | ||
(1) the person's driver's license is automatically | ||
suspended following the conviction; | ||
(2) the person's driver's license is suspended for | ||
failure to pay surcharges associated with the conviction under | ||
Chapter 708; or | ||
(3) the person's driver's license is denied renewal | ||
under Chapter 706 for failure to pay or satisfy a judgment ordering | ||
the payment of a fine and cost in the manner ordered by the court. | ||
(h) Each justice and municipal court shall provide a | ||
standard petition form that a person may complete and file with the | ||
clerk to apply for an occupational license. The form must include | ||
instructions for obtaining a waiver of the application fee for | ||
persons who are unable to pay. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |