85R9628 AJZ-D
By: Burns H.B. No. 3609
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administrative and civil consequences imposed by
the Department of Public Safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.042, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
(f) Except as provided by Subsection (g), the department may
not consider a record of a conviction of a license holder that is
received by the department after the first anniversary of the date
of the conviction in a decision to impose an enforcement action
against the license holder, including a decision to:
(1) suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of the license
holder's driver's license; or
(2) assign points to the license holder's driver's
license under Section 708.052.
(g) The department may consider a record of a conviction of
a license holder that is received by the department after the first
anniversary of the date of the conviction in a decision to impose an
enforcement action against the license holder if:
(1) the license holder:
(A) is a commercial driver's license holder or
was a commercial driver's license holder at the time of the offense;
(B) was operating a commercial motor vehicle at
the time of the offense; or
(C) was operating a motor vehicle and
transporting a hazardous material at the time of the offense; or
(2) the conviction is for an offense under Chapter 49,
Penal Code.
SECTION 2. Section 524.051(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) After a [A] driver's license suspension [suspended]
under this chapter has ended, the license may not be reinstated or
another driver's license issued to the person until the person pays
the department a fee of $125 in addition to any other fee required
by law.
SECTION 3. Section 724.046(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) After a [A] license suspension [suspended] under this
chapter has ended, the license may not be reinstated or a new
license issued until the person whose license has been suspended
pays to the department a fee of $125 in addition to any other fee
required by law. A person subject to a denial order issued under
this chapter may not, after the period of denial has ended, obtain a
license [after the period of denial has ended] until the person pays
to the department a fee of $125 in addition to any other fee
required by law.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.