AN ACT 1-1 relating to the reporting of certain convictions to the Texas 1-2 Department of Public Safety for the purposes of the suspension of 1-3 the defendants' driver's licenses. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 521.347, Transportation 1-6 Code, is amended to read as follows: 1-7 (c) For purposes of this section, "conviction" means a final 1-8 conviction. A conviction is a final conviction regardless of 1-9 whether any portion of the sentence for the conviction was 1-10 suspended or probated but is not a final conviction if the 1-11 defendant receives a deferred adjudication in the case or if the 1-12 court defers final disposition of the case, unless the court 1-13 subsequently proceeds with an adjudication of guilt and imposes a 1-14 sentence on the defendant. For purposes of this section, a final 1-15 judgment of forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure a 1-16 defendant's appearance in court is a conviction if the forfeiture 1-17 is not vacated. 1-18 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-23 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-24 passage, and it is so enacted. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 578 passed the Senate on April 13, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 578 passed the House on May 25, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, two present not voting. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: _______________________________ Date _______________________________ Governor