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.