By Uher H.B. No. 2095
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the requirement of a driving safety course for renewal
1-3 of certain persons' driver's licenses.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter M, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
1-6 is amended by adding Section 521.275 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 521.275. DRIVING SAFETY COURSE. (a) The department
1-8 may not renew the driver's license of an applicant who as of the
1-9 date of the application is a habitual violator unless the applicant
1-10 successfully completed a driving safety course approved under the
1-11 Texas Driver and Traffic Safety Education Act (Article 4413(29c),
1-12 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) during the year preceding the date
1-13 of the application.
1-14 (b) For the purposes of this section, a "habitual violator"
1-15 is a person described by Section 521.294(h).
1-16 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-17 to the renewal of a driver's license for which an application is
1-18 filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A renewal for
1-19 which an application is filed before the effective date of this Act
1-20 is governed by the law in effect when the application was filed,
1-21 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-23 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-4 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
2-5 Amend H.B. No. 2095 as follows:
2-6 (1) Add the following appropriately numbered sections and
2-7 renumber sections appropriately:
2-8 SECTION ___. Section 543.106(a), Transportation Code, is
2-9 amended to read as follows:
2-10 (a) The court may require a person requesting a driving
2-11 safety course to pay a fee set by the court at an amount of not
2-12 more than $10, including any other fee authorized by statute or
2-13 municipal ordinance, to cover the cost of administering this
2-14 subchapter, plus an additional fee set by the court at an amount to
2-15 cover the cost of making the report required by Section 543.110(c).
2-16 SECTION ___. Section 543.110, Transportation Code, is
2-17 amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
2-18 (c) For each charge dismissed under this subchapter, the
2-19 court shall report to the department the name of the person charged
2-20 and, if the person holds a driver's license, the person's driver's
2-21 license number.
2-22 SECTION ___. Article 45.54, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
2-23 amended by adding Section (7) to read as follows:
2-24 (7) For each complaint dismissed under this article, the
2-25 justice shall report to the Department of Public Safety the name of
2-26 the defendant and, if the defendant holds a driver's license, the
2-27 defendant's driver's license number. The justice may require the
3-1 defendant to pay a fee set by the justice at an amount to cover
3-2 the cost of making the report.
3-3 SECTION ___. (a) The changes in law made by this Act to
3-4 Chapter 543, Transportation Code, and Article 45.54, Code of
3-5 Criminal Procedure, apply only to an offense committed on or after
3-6 the effective date of this Act. For the purposes of this section,
3-7 an offense is committed before the effective date of this Act if
3-8 any element of the offense occurs before that date.
3-9 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
3-10 Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was
3-11 committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
3-12 purpose.
3-13 (2) On page 1, line 16, between "Act" and "applies", insert
3-14 "by adding Section 521.275 to the Transportation Code"
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3-16 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 2
3-17 Amend H.B. No. 2095 as follows:
3-18 (1) Add the following appropriately numbered sections and
3-19 renumber subsequent sections appropriately:
3-20 SECTION ____. Subchapter H, Chapter 545, Transportation
3-21 Code, is amended by adding Section 545.367 to read as follows:
3-22 Sec. 545.367. DRIVING SAFETY COURSE FOR CERTAIN SPEEDING
3-23 OFFENSES. If it is established that a person convicted of an
3-24 offense under this subchapter was driving at a speed greater than
3-25 90 miles per hour, the court shall order the person, in addition to
3-26 any penalty imposed, to successfully complete a driving safety
3-27 course approved under the Texas Driver and Traffic Safety Education
4-1 Act (Article 4413(29c), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
4-2 SECTION ___. (a) The change in law made by this Act by
4-3 adding Section 545.367 to the Transportation Code applies only to
4-4 an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
4-5 For the purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
4-6 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
4-7 before that date.
4-8 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
4-9 Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was
4-10 committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
4-11 purpose.
4-12 (2) On page 1, line 16, between "Act" and "applies", insert
4-13 "by adding Section 521.275 to the Transportation Code"
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