By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 347
(In the Senate - Filed January 4, 2023; February 15, 2023,
read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
March 15, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; March 15, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the extension of a driver's license suspension or
disqualification following certain convictions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.343(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) If the license holder is convicted of operating a motor
vehicle while the license to operate a motor vehicle is cancelled,
disqualified, suspended, revoked, or denied, the period is extended
for 90 days [the same term as the original suspension or
disqualification], in addition to any penalty assessed under this
chapter or Chapter 522.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a determination of suspension or disqualification made by the
Department of Public Safety on or after the effective date of this
Act. A determination made before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect when the determination was made, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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