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| 1 | 1 | 85R5817 BEE-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Martinez H.B. No. 1233 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to probation of certain disqualifications from driving a | |
| 8 | 8 | commercial motor vehicle. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 522.085, Transportation Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 522.085. PROBATION OF DISQUALIFICATION [PROHIBITED]. | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) Notwithstanding Section 521.303, and except as provided by | |
| 14 | 14 | Subsection (b), if a person is disqualified under this chapter, the | |
| 15 | 15 | disqualification may not be probated. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) A disqualification under Section 522.081(a) may be | |
| 17 | 17 | probated under Section 521.309 for a period not to exceed one year | |
| 18 | 18 | if the disqualified person: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) attends and successfully completes a driving | |
| 20 | 20 | safety course approved by the Texas Department of Licensing and | |
| 21 | 21 | Regulation; and | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) does not commit a violation giving rise to a | |
| 23 | 23 | disqualification under this chapter during the period of probation. | |
| 24 | 24 | (c) If the department probates a person's disqualification | |
| 25 | 25 | under this section, the person may continue to operate a commercial | |
| 26 | 26 | motor vehicle under the person's commercial driver's license during | |
| 27 | 27 | the period of probation. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |