Bill Text: TX HB513 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 513 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to reports to the legislature on certain administrative hearings regarding the automatic suspension of a person's driver's license.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-04 - Left pending in subcommittee [HB513 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB513-Introduced.html

	82R2922 JSC-D

	By: Dutton	H.B. No. 513



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to reports to the legislature on certain administrative
	hearings regarding the automatic suspension of a person's driver's
	license.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 524, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 524.045 to read as follows:
	Sec. 524.045. QUARTERLY REPORTS TO LEGISLATURE. (a) Not
	later than the 30th day following the end of each calendar quarter,
	the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall submit a report
	to the legislature indicating for each county the total number of
	administrative hearings decided under this chapter during the
	previous calendar quarter and, of those hearings:
	(1) the percentage in which the administrative law
	judge decided in favor of the person who requested the hearing; and
	(2) the percentage in which the administrative law
	judge decided in favor of the department.
	(b) Not later than the 30th day following the end of each
	calendar quarter, the department shall submit a report to the
	legislature indicating for each county the total number of appeals
	from administrative hearings held under this chapter that were
	decided during the previous calendar quarter and, of those appeals:
	(1) the percentage in which the court decided in favor
	of the person whose license was suspended; and
	(2) the percentage in which the court decided in favor
	of the department.
	SECTION 2. The State Office of Administrative Hearings and
	the Department of Public Safety shall submit the initial reports
	required by Section 524.045, Transportation Code, as added by this
	Act, not later than January 30, 2012, based on data from the
	previous calendar quarter.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.