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