Bill Text: TX HB76 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain conditions of suspension or renewal of a driver's license.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-14 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB76 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB76-Introduced.html
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| By: White | H.B. No. 76 | |
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| relating to certain conditions of suspension or renewal of a | ||
| driver's license. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 521.242(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A person whose license has been suspended for a cause | ||
| other than a physical or mental disability or impairment or a | ||
| conviction of an offense under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code, | ||
| may apply for an occupational license by filing a verified petition | ||
| with the clerk of a municipal, justice, county, or district court | ||
| with jurisdiction that includes the precinct or county in which: | ||
| (1) the person resides; or | ||
| (2) the offense occurred for which the license was | ||
| suspended. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 521.343(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) If a license is suspended under this subchapter for a | ||
| subsequent period, the subsequent suspension is for one year [ |
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| Subsection (a). | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 706.004, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the department may deny | ||
| renewal of a person's driver's license under this section until the | ||
| earlier of: | ||
| (1) the date the department receives clearance notice | ||
| under Section 706.005; or | ||
| (2) the second anniversary of the date the person | ||
| failed to appear or failed to pay or satisfy a judgment. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 706.006, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (c) The department may deny renewal of the driver's license | ||
| of a person who does not pay a fee due under this section until the | ||
| earlier of: | ||
| (1) the date the fee is paid; or | ||
| (2) the second anniversary of the date the person | ||
| failed to appear or failed to pay or satisfy a judgment. | ||
| (d) The fee required by this section is in addition to any | ||
| other fee required by law. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 708.152(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A license suspended under this section remains | ||
| suspended until the earlier of: | ||
| (1) the date the person pays the amount of the | ||
| surcharge and any related costs; or | ||
| (2) the second anniversary of the date of suspension. | ||
| SECTION 6. Section 708.154(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c) A license suspended under this section remains | ||
| suspended until the earlier of: | ||
| (1) the date the person pays the amount of the | ||
| surcharge and any related costs; or | ||
| (2) the second anniversary of the date of suspension, | ||
| whichever date is earlier. | ||
| SECTION 7. Section 708.158, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) Not later than the fifth day after the date the court | ||
| receives information described by Subsection (b) establishing that | ||
| a person is indigent, the court shall notify the department that the | ||
| person is indigent for the purposes of this chapter. | ||
| SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
