By Hamric H.B. No. 2035
74R5580 DWS-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to suspension or revocation of a driver's license of a
1-3 juvenile.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 22(b), Chapter 173, Acts of the 47th
1-6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1941 (Article 6687b, Vernon's Texas
1-7 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-8 (b) Except for the fifth (5th), eleventh (11th), twelfth
1-9 (12th), fourteenth (14th), fifteenth (15th), <and> sixteenth
1-10 (16th), and seventeenth (17th) listed grounds in this subsection,
1-11 for which the director has authority to revoke a license, the
1-12 authority to suspend the license of any driver as authorized in
1-13 this Section is granted the director upon determining that the
1-14 person:
1-15 (1) has operated a motor vehicle on a highway while
1-16 the person's license was suspended, revoked, canceled,
1-17 disqualified, or denied;
1-18 (2) has been responsible as a driver for any accident
1-19 resulting in death;
1-20 (3) is an habitual reckless or negligent driver of a
1-21 motor vehicle;
1-22 (4) is an habitual violator of the traffic law.
1-23 The term "habitual violator" as used herein, shall mean any
1-24 person with four (4) or more convictions arising out of different
2-1 transactions in a consecutive period of twelve (12) months, or
2-2 seven (7) or more convictions arising out of different transactions
2-3 within a period of twenty-four (24) months, such convictions being
2-4 for moving violations of the traffic laws of any state or its
2-5 political subdivisions other than a violation of:
2-6 (A) Section 3 or 5, Chapter 42, General Laws,
2-7 Acts of the 41st Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1929 (Article
2-8 6701d-11, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
2-9 (B) Chapter 293, Acts of the 53rd Legislature,
2-10 Regular Session, 1953 (Article 6701d-12, Vernon's Texas Civil
2-11 Statutes);
2-12 (C) Chapter 608, Acts of the 65th Legislature,
2-13 Regular Session, 1977 (Article 6701d-12a, Vernon's Texas Civil
2-14 Statutes);
2-15 (D) Chapter 73, Acts of the 54th Legislature,
2-16 Regular Session, 1955 (Article 6701d-13, Vernon's Texas Civil
2-17 Statutes);
2-18 (E) Chapter 212, Acts of the 56th Legislature,
2-19 Regular Session, 1959 (Article 6701d-14, Vernon's Texas Civil
2-20 Statutes);
2-21 (F) Chapter 8, Acts of the 62nd Legislature,
2-22 Regular Session, 1971 (Article 6701d-17, Vernon's Texas Civil
2-23 Statutes); or
2-24 (G) Section 107C, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic
2-25 on Highways (Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
2-26 (5) is incapable of safely driving a motor vehicle;
2-27 (6) has permitted an unlawful or fraudulent use of
3-1 such license;
3-2 (7) has committed an offense in another state, which
3-3 if committed in this State would be grounds for suspension or
3-4 revocation;
3-5 (8) has violated a restriction or endorsement imposed
3-6 on the use of the license;
3-7 (9) has been responsible as a driver for any accident
3-8 resulting in serious personal injury or serious property damage;
3-9 (10) is the holder of a provisional license under
3-10 Section 11A of this Act and has been convicted of two (2) or more
3-11 moving violations committed within a period of twelve (12) months;
3-12 (11) has not complied with the terms of a citation
3-13 issued by a jurisdiction that is a member of the Nonresident
3-14 Violator Compact of 1977 for a violation to which the compact
3-15 applies;
3-16 (12) has a warrant of arrest outstanding, for failure
3-17 to appear or pay a fine on a complaint, that is issued by a
3-18 political subdivision that has contracted with the Department under
3-19 Article 6687c, Revised Statutes;
3-20 (13) has committed an offense under Section 186,
3-21 Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 6701d, Vernon's
3-22 Texas Civil Statutes);
3-23 (14) has failed to provide medical records or has
3-24 failed to undergo medical or other examinations as required by a
3-25 panel of the Medical Advisory Board;
3-26 (15) has failed to take, or failed to pass, any
3-27 examination required by the director under this Act; <or>
4-1 (16) has been reported by a court under Section 1c or
4-2 2(a), Chapter 302, Acts of the 55th Legislature, Regular Session,
4-3 1957 (Article 6701l-4, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), for failure
4-4 to appear or default in payment of a fine unless the court has
4-5 filed an additional report on final disposition of the case; or
4-6 (17) has been reported by a justice or municipal court
4-7 for failure to appear or a default in payment of a fine for a
4-8 misdemeanor punishable by a fine only, other than an offense
4-9 covered under Subdivision (16) of this subsection, committed by a
4-10 person who was under 17 years of age at the time of the alleged
4-11 offense, unless the court has filed an additional report on final
4-12 disposition of the case.
4-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
4-14 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
4-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.