| 1 | 1 | | 89R17293 MZM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Birdwell S.B. No. 2205 |
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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 the revocation of a driver's license for failure to pay |
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| 10 | 10 | | a civil penalty imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 571, Government Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 571.178 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 571.178. REVOCATION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE. If a person |
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| 15 | 15 | | does not pay a civil penalty imposed by the commission within 60 |
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| 16 | 16 | | days of the date the commission imposed the civil penalty, and the |
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| 17 | 17 | | civil penalty has not otherwise been waived under this subchapter, |
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| 18 | 18 | | the commission shall notify the Texas Department of Public Safety |
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| 19 | 19 | | and request that the department revoke the person's driver's |
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| 20 | 20 | | license. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 521.294, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 22 | 22 | | to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | Sec. 521.294. DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION FOR LICENSE |
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| 24 | 24 | | REVOCATION. The department shall revoke the person's license if |
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| 25 | 25 | | the department: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) determines that the person: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (A) [(1)] is incapable of safely operating a |
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| 28 | 28 | | motor vehicle; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (B) [(2)] has not complied with the terms of a |
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| 30 | 30 | | citation issued by a jurisdiction that is a party to the Nonresident |
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| 31 | 31 | | Violator Compact of 1977 for a traffic violation to which that |
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| 32 | 32 | | compact applies; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (C) [(3)] has failed to provide medical records |
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| 34 | 34 | | or has failed to undergo medical or other examinations as required |
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| 35 | 35 | | by a panel of the medical advisory board; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (D) [(4)] has failed to pass an examination |
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| 37 | 37 | | required by the director under this chapter; or |
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| 38 | 38 | | (E) [(5)] has committed an offense in another |
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| 39 | 39 | | state or Canadian province that, if committed in this state, would |
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| 40 | 40 | | be grounds for revocation; or |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) is notified by the Texas Ethics Commission in |
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| 42 | 42 | | accordance with Section 571.178, Government Code, that the person |
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| 43 | 43 | | has not paid a civil penalty imposed by the commission within 60 |
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| 44 | 44 | | days following the date the civil penalty was imposed. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 3. Section 521.312(c), Transportation Code, is |
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| 46 | 46 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 47 | 47 | | (c) The department may not reinstate a license revoked under |
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| 48 | 48 | | Section 521.294(1)(E) [521.294(5)] until the court that filed the |
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| 49 | 49 | | report for which the license was revoked files an additional report |
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| 50 | 50 | | on final disposition of the case. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 4. Section 571.178, Government Code, as added by |
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| 52 | 52 | | this Act, applies only to the payment of a civil penalty or fine |
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| 53 | 53 | | imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission on or after the effective |
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| 54 | 54 | | date of this Act. The payment of a civil penalty or fine imposed by |
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| 55 | 55 | | the Texas Ethics Commission before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 56 | 56 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the penalty or fine was |
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| 57 | 57 | | imposed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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