83R378 JXC-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 240
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period of license suspension after moving
violations for a holder of a provisional driver's license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.293, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and
(c), if the person does not request a hearing, the period of license
suspension under Section 521.292 is 90 days.
(c) The period of license suspension is 180 days if:
(1) the department determines that the person engaged
in conduct described by Section 521.292(a)(8);
(2) the person does not request a hearing; and
(3) the moving violation is a third or subsequent
moving violation.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense described by Section 521.292(a)(8), Transportation
Code, committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of
this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.