81R712 ACP-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 942
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duties of a court granting an occupational license
to a person whose driver's license has been suspended.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.249, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Not later than the 10th day after the date the court
signs an order granting an occupational license to a person, the
[The] court shall send:
(1) a certified copy of the petition and the court
order setting out the judge's findings and restrictions to the
department; and
(2) a copy of the order to the person.
(a-1) The person may use a copy of the order as a restricted
license until the 31st day after the date on which the order takes
effect.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.