85R9618 TSR-D
By: Hughes S.B. No. 1044
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the suspension of a driver's license issued to a person
who fails to pay an administrative penalty imposed by the Texas
Funeral Service Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 651.551(a), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The commission may assess an administrative penalty
against a person, regardless of whether the person holds a license
issued [regulated] under this chapter, if the commission determines
that the person has violated this chapter or a rule adopted under
this chapter.
SECTION 2. Section 651.556, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 651.556. COLLECTION OF PENALTY. (a) On the
commission's request, the attorney general shall bring a civil
action to recover an administrative penalty owed under this
chapter.
(b) The commission may, in addition to making a request
under Subsection (a), notify the Department of Public Safety that a
person owes an administrative penalty imposed under this chapter
and that the person failed to pay the penalty when due. On receipt
of notice from the commission, the department shall suspend a
driver's license issued by the department to the person who is the
subject of the notice. The commission shall notify the department
after the person pays the penalty and the department shall
reinstate the person's driver's license.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.