| 1 | 1 | | 89R396 AJZ-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Miles S.B. No. 2085 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to prohibiting the denial of a driver's license renewal |
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| 10 | 10 | | for failure to appear in court, failure to pay a fine or cost, or |
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| 11 | 11 | | failure to satisfy a judgment. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 133.124, Local Government Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 133.124. ALLOCATION OF FEES TO TRANSPORTATION |
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| 16 | 16 | | ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ACCOUNT. The transportation administrative fee |
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| 17 | 17 | | account is an account in the general revenue fund. The account |
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| 18 | 18 | | consists of money allocated to the account under Section |
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| 19 | 19 | | 133.102(e). [Money in the account may be appropriated only to the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Department of Public Safety to defray the administrative costs |
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| 21 | 21 | | associated with implementing Chapter 706, Transportation Code.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 521.042(f), Transportation Code, is |
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| 23 | 23 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (f) Except as provided by Subsection (g) [and Chapter 706], |
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| 25 | 25 | | the department may not consider a record of a conviction of a |
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| 26 | 26 | | license holder that is received by the department after the first |
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| 27 | 27 | | anniversary of the date of the conviction in a decision to impose an |
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| 28 | 28 | | enforcement action against the license holder, including a decision |
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| 29 | 29 | | to suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of the license holder's driver's |
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| 30 | 30 | | license. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Transportation |
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| 32 | 32 | | Code are repealed: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) Section 521.317; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) Section 521.3452(b); and |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) Chapter 706. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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