Bill Text: TX HB3609 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the administrative and civil consequences imposed by the Department of Public Safety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-05 - Postponed [HB3609 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3609-Introduced.html
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By: Burns | H.B. No. 3609 |
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relating to the administrative and civil consequences imposed by | ||
the Department of Public Safety. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 521.042, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: | ||
(f) Except as provided by Subsection (g), the department may | ||
not consider a record of a conviction of a license holder that is | ||
received by the department after the first anniversary of the date | ||
of the conviction in a decision to impose an enforcement action | ||
against the license holder, including a decision to: | ||
(1) suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of the license | ||
holder's driver's license; or | ||
(2) assign points to the license holder's driver's | ||
license under Section 708.052. | ||
(g) The department may consider a record of a conviction of | ||
a license holder that is received by the department after the first | ||
anniversary of the date of the conviction in a decision to impose an | ||
enforcement action against the license holder if: | ||
(1) the license holder: | ||
(A) is a commercial driver's license holder or | ||
was a commercial driver's license holder at the time of the offense; | ||
(B) was operating a commercial motor vehicle at | ||
the time of the offense; or | ||
(C) was operating a motor vehicle and | ||
transporting a hazardous material at the time of the offense; or | ||
(2) the conviction is for an offense under Chapter 49, | ||
Penal Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 524.051(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) After a [ |
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under this chapter has ended, the license may not be reinstated or | ||
another driver's license issued to the person until the person pays | ||
the department a fee of $125 in addition to any other fee required | ||
by law. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 724.046(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) After a [ |
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chapter has ended, the license may not be reinstated or a new | ||
license issued until the person whose license has been suspended | ||
pays to the department a fee of $125 in addition to any other fee | ||
required by law. A person subject to a denial order issued under | ||
this chapter may not, after the period of denial has ended, obtain a | ||
license [ |
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to the department a fee of $125 in addition to any other fee | ||
required by law. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |