82R10400 AJZ-D
By: Carona S.B. No. 1608
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license;
creating an offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.457(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if the person operates a
motor vehicle on a highway:
(1) after the person's driver's license has been
canceled under this chapter if the person does not have a license
that was subsequently issued under this chapter;
(2) during a period that the person's driver's license
or privilege is suspended or revoked under any law of this state;
(3) while the person's driver's license is expired if
the license expired during a period of suspension; [or]
(4) after renewal of the person's driver's license has
been denied under any law of this state, if the person does not have
a driver's license subsequently issued under this chapter; or
(5) without holding a driver's license for any other
reason and the person is not exempt from the license requirement
imposed under this chapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.