1-1 By: Carona S.B. No. 1157 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 1999; March 11, 1999, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; 1-4 March 25, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, 1-5 Nays 0; March 25, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the reporting of certain convictions to the Department 1-9 of Public Safety of the State of Texas. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 523.004, Transportation Code, is amended 1-12 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 523.004. REPORTS OF CONVICTIONS. The licensing 1-14 authority of a state shall report each conviction of a person from 1-15 another state occurring within its jurisdiction to the licensing 1-16 authority of the home state of the licensee. Such report shall 1-17 clearly identify the person convicted; describe the violation 1-18 specifying the section of the statute, code, or ordinance violated; 1-19 identify the court in which action was taken; indicate whether a 1-20 plea of guilty or not guilty was entered or the conviction was a 1-21 result of the forfeiture of bail, bond, or other security; and 1-22 include any special findings made in connection with the 1-23 conviction. A conviction or judicial or administrative action of a 1-24 federal or military court or tribunal may be reported to this state 1-25 subject to this chapter. 1-26 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-27 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-28 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-29 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-30 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-31 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-32 * * * * *