By: Gonzales (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 441
(In the Senate - Received from the House March 30, 2015;
April 27, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 14, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 14, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of a court order as an occupational license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.249(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The court shall send a certified copy of the petition
and the court order setting out the judge's findings and
restrictions to the department. The person may use a copy of the
order as a restricted license until the 45th [31st] day after the
date on which the order takes effect.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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