By: Ellis S.B. No. 93
(In the Senate - Filed November 10, 2014; January 26, 2015,
read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
May 18, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 18, 2015,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 93 By: Ellis
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the suspension of a driver's license for failure to pay
a surcharge.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 708.151(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) If on or before the 45th day after the date the first
notice was sent the person fails to pay the amount of the surcharge
or fails to enter into an installment payment agreement with the
department, the department shall send a second notice. [If on or
before the 60th day after the date the second notice was sent the
person fails to pay the amount of the surcharge or fails to enter
into an installment payment agreement with the department, the
department shall send a third notice that advises the person that
the person's driving privileges are suspended.]
SECTION 2. Section 708.154, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 708.154. CREDIT CARD PAYMENT OF SURCHARGE. [(a)] The
department by rule may authorize the payment of a surcharge by use
of a credit card. The rules shall require the person to pay all
costs incurred by the department in connection with the acceptance
of the credit card.
[(b) If a surcharge or a related cost is paid by credit card
and the amount is subsequently reversed by the issuer of the credit
card, the license of the person is automatically suspended.
[(c) A license suspended under this section remains
suspended until the person pays the amount of the surcharge and any
related costs.]
SECTION 3. Section 708.152, Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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