| 1 | 1 | | By: Carona S.B. No. 1094 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the submission of reports on certain convictions or |
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| 7 | 7 | | adjudications relating to the operation of motor vehicles to the |
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| 8 | 8 | | Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 522.061, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) A person who holds or is required to hold a commercial |
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| 13 | 13 | | driver's license under this chapter and who is convicted in another |
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| 14 | 14 | | state of violating a state law or local ordinance relating to motor |
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| 15 | 15 | | vehicle traffic control shall notify the department in the manner |
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| 16 | 16 | | specified by the department not later than the seventh [30th] day |
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| 17 | 17 | | after the date of conviction. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) A person who holds or is required to hold a commercial |
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| 19 | 19 | | driver's license under this chapter and who is convicted in this |
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| 20 | 20 | | state or another state of violating a state law or local ordinance |
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| 21 | 21 | | relating to motor vehicle traffic control, including a law |
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| 22 | 22 | | regulating the operation of vehicles on highways, shall notify the |
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| 23 | 23 | | person's employer in writing of the conviction not later than the |
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| 24 | 24 | | seventh [30th] day after the date of conviction. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Section 543.203, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 26 | 26 | | to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sec. 543.203. SUBMITTING RECORD TO DEPARTMENT. Not later |
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| 28 | 28 | | than the seventh [30th] day after the date of conviction or |
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| 29 | 29 | | forfeiture of bail of a person on a charge of violating a law |
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| 30 | 30 | | regulating the operation of a vehicle on a highway or conviction of |
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| 31 | 31 | | a person of negligent homicide or a felony in the commission of |
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| 32 | 32 | | which a vehicle was used, the magistrate, judge, or clerk of the |
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| 33 | 33 | | court in which the conviction was had or bail was forfeited shall |
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| 34 | 34 | | immediately submit to the department a written record of the case |
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| 35 | 35 | | containing the information required by Section 543.202. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 543.204, Transportation |
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| 37 | 37 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 38 | 38 | | (a) A justice of the peace or municipal judge who defers |
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| 39 | 39 | | further proceedings, suspends all or part of the imposition of the |
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| 40 | 40 | | fine, and places a defendant on probation under Article 45.051, |
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| 41 | 41 | | Code of Criminal Procedure, or a county court judge who follows that |
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| 42 | 42 | | procedure under Article 42.111, Code of Criminal Procedure, may not |
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| 43 | 43 | | submit a written record to the department, except that if the |
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| 44 | 44 | | justice or judge subsequently adjudicates the defendant's guilt, |
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| 45 | 45 | | the justice or judge shall submit the record not later than the |
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| 46 | 46 | | seventh [30th] day after the date on which the justice or judge |
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| 47 | 47 | | adjudicates guilt. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 49 | 49 | | to a conviction, forfeiture of bail, or adjudication of guilt that |
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| 50 | 50 | | occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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