| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 162 |
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| 1 | + | By: White (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 162 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | April 16, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | + | Transportation; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | + | vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the period of certain driver's license suspensions. |
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| 6 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 7 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 521.293, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 8 | 14 | | to read as follows: |
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| 9 | 15 | | Sec. 521.293. PERIOD OF SUSPENSION UNDER SECTION 521.292. |
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| 10 | 16 | | If [(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if] the person does |
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| 11 | 17 | | not request a hearing, the period of license suspension under |
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| 12 | 18 | | Section 521.292 is 90 days. |
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| 13 | 19 | | [(b) If the department determines that the person engaged in |
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| 14 | 20 | | conduct described by Section 521.292(a)(1), the period of license |
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| 15 | 21 | | suspension is extended for an additional period of the lesser of: |
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| 16 | 22 | | [(1) the term of the original suspension; or |
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| 17 | 23 | | [(2) one year.] |
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| 18 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Section 521.312(b), Transportation Code, is |
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| 19 | 25 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 26 | | (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c)[, Section |
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| 21 | 27 | | 521.293(b),] or Subchapter O, the department may not suspend a |
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| 22 | 28 | | license for a period that exceeds one year. |
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| 23 | 29 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 24 | 30 | | to a driver's license suspension based on conduct that occurred on |
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| 25 | 31 | | or after the effective date of this Act. A driver's license |
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| 26 | 32 | | suspension based on conduct that occurred before the effective date |
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| 27 | 33 | | of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the conduct |
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| 28 | 34 | | occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 29 | 35 | | purpose. For purposes of this Act, conduct occurred before the |
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| 30 | 36 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the conduct occurred |
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| 31 | 37 | | before that date. |
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| 32 | 38 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 33 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 34 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 35 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 162 was passed by the House on April |
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| 36 | | - | 12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 37 | | - | voting. |
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| 38 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 40 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 162 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 41 | | - | 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 42 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 44 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Date |
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| 46 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 47 | | - | Governor |
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