By Uher H.B. No. 2095 75R6880 DWS-D 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" 3-15 75R11292 DWS-D Oakley 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" 4-14 75R11774 DWS-D Oakley