By Tillery H.B. No. 1093 75R4972 DRH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the requirements for obtaining an occupational driver's 1-3 license. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 521.242, Transportation Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-7 (e) If a person's license has been suspended under Section 1-8 601.152 and a judgment exists against the person because of the 1-9 person's liability for an accident that formed the basis for the 1-10 suspension, the person must notify by certified mail, return 1-11 receipt requested, each judgment holder of the person's intent to 1-12 apply for an occupational license under this subchapter. Notice 1-13 required under this subsection must: 1-14 (1) be given not later than the 15th day before the 1-15 date of a hearing on a petition filed under this section; 1-16 (2) indicate the time, date, and place of all hearings 1-17 on the petition; and 1-18 (3) be sent to the last known address of the judgment 1-19 holder as shown in the records of the judgment or, if no address is 1-20 indicated, the address of the attorney of record of the judgment 1-21 holder. 1-22 SECTION 2. Section 521.244, Transportation Code, is amended 1-23 by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-24 (e) At the hearing, the court shall inquire whether any 2-1 notice required by Section 521.242(e) was given. If notice 2-2 required under that subsection was not given, the court shall stay 2-3 further proceedings on the petition until notice is given. 2-4 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997, and 2-5 applies only to a petition for an occupational driver's license 2-6 filed with a court on or after that date. 2-7 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.