89R17293 MZM-D
By: Birdwell S.B. No. 2205
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the revocation of a driver's license for failure to pay
a civil penalty imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 571, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 571.178 to read as follows:
Sec. 571.178. REVOCATION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE. If a person
does not pay a civil penalty imposed by the commission within 60
days of the date the commission imposed the civil penalty, and the
civil penalty has not otherwise been waived under this subchapter,
the commission shall notify the Texas Department of Public Safety
and request that the department revoke the person's driver's
license.
SECTION 2. Section 521.294, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 521.294. DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION FOR LICENSE
REVOCATION. The department shall revoke the person's license if
the department:
(1) determines that the person:
(A) [(1)] is incapable of safely operating a
motor vehicle;
(B) [(2)] has not complied with the terms of a
citation issued by a jurisdiction that is a party to the Nonresident
Violator Compact of 1977 for a traffic violation to which that
compact applies;
(C) [(3)] has failed to provide medical records
or has failed to undergo medical or other examinations as required
by a panel of the medical advisory board;
(D) [(4)] has failed to pass an examination
required by the director under this chapter; or
(E) [(5)] has committed an offense in another
state or Canadian province that, if committed in this state, would
be grounds for revocation; or
(2) is notified by the Texas Ethics Commission in
accordance with Section 571.178, Government Code, that the person
has not paid a civil penalty imposed by the commission within 60
days following the date the civil penalty was imposed.
SECTION 3. Section 521.312(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The department may not reinstate a license revoked under
Section 521.294(1)(E) [521.294(5)] until the court that filed the
report for which the license was revoked files an additional report
on final disposition of the case.
SECTION 4. Section 571.178, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to the payment of a civil penalty or fine
imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission on or after the effective
date of this Act. The payment of a civil penalty or fine imposed by
the Texas Ethics Commission before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the penalty or fine was
imposed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.