Bill Text: TX HB4227 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the automatic suspension of driver's licenses on conviction of a drug offense not related to the operation of a motor vehicle and alternatives to automatic suspension.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB4227 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4227-Introduced.html
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By: White | H.B. No. 4227 |
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relating to a study on the automatic suspension of driver's | ||
licenses on conviction of a drug offense not related to the | ||
operation of a motor vehicle and alternatives to automatic | ||
suspension. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall | ||
conduct a study on the automatic suspension of the driver's license | ||
of an individual who has been convicted of a drug offense not | ||
related to the operation of a motor vehicle. The study shall: | ||
(1) examine the feasibility of and benefits and | ||
consequences to this state of repealing the law providing for the | ||
automatic suspension of the driver's license of an individual who | ||
has been convicted of a drug offense not related to the operation of | ||
a motor vehicle; and | ||
(2) recommend new graduated sanctions related to the | ||
suspension of a driver's license on conviction of a drug offense not | ||
related to the operation of a motor vehicle that provide for | ||
punishment in proportion to the: | ||
(A) severity of the offense; | ||
(B) potential risk of harm to the public at the | ||
time of the offense; and | ||
(C) likelihood that the individual would commit | ||
another drug offense in the future. | ||
(b) In conducting the study under Subsection (a) of this | ||
section, the Department of Public Safety shall consult with: | ||
(1) the Texas Department of Transportation; | ||
(2) a victim who was injured or the family member of a | ||
victim who was killed due to a person who was under the influence of | ||
drugs; | ||
(3) a drug abuse treatment specialist; | ||
(4) a criminal district attorney; | ||
(5) a criminal district judge; | ||
(6) a law enforcement officer; | ||
(7) a department director of a community supervision | ||
and corrections department; and | ||
(8) a criminal defense attorney. | ||
(c) Not later than December 1, 2018, the Department of | ||
Public Safety shall submit a report containing the results of the | ||
study conducted under Subsection (a) of this section, including any | ||
legislative recommendations, to the governor, the lieutenant | ||
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the | ||
appropriate standing committees of the senate and the house of | ||
representatives. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act expires December 1, 2019. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |