| 1 | 1 | | 88R3008 JRR-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Whitmire S.B. No. 2034 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to prohibiting the extension of the period of a driver's |
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| 8 | 8 | | license suspension for certain driving while license invalid |
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| 9 | 9 | | convictions. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 521.343, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 12 | | by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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| 13 | 13 | | follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), if [If] the |
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| 15 | 15 | | license holder is convicted of operating a motor vehicle while the |
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| 16 | 16 | | license to operate a motor vehicle is cancelled, disqualified, |
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| 17 | 17 | | suspended, revoked, or denied, the period is extended for the same |
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| 18 | 18 | | term as the original suspension or disqualification, in addition to |
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| 19 | 19 | | any penalty assessed under this chapter or Chapter 522. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (d) The department may not extend the period a person's |
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| 21 | 21 | | driver's license is suspended under Subsection (c) for a conviction |
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| 22 | 22 | | of an offense under Section 521.457 if: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) the offense was committed before September 1, |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2019; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) the person was convicted of the offense after |
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| 26 | 26 | | August 31, 2023. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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