By Allen                                              H.B. No. 1618
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the fee for reinstatement or issuance of certain
 1-3     suspended or denied driver's licenses.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 524.051(a), Transportation Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  A driver's license suspended under this chapter may not
 1-8     be reinstated or another driver's license issued to the person
 1-9     until the person pays the department a fee of $125 [$100] in
1-10     addition to any other fee required by law. Of each fee collected
1-11     under this subsection $25 may be appropriated only to the State
1-12     Office of Administrative Hearings to cover the costs of hearings
1-13     conducted by that office under this chapter and Chapter 724.
1-14           SECTION 2. Section 724.046, Transportation Code, is amended
1-15     by amending Subsection (a)  and by adding Subsection (c) to read as
1-16     follows:
1-17           (a)  A license suspended under this chapter may not be
1-18     reinstated or a new license issued until the person whose license
1-19     has been suspended pays to the department a fee of $125 [$100] in
1-20     addition to any other fee required by law.  A person subject to a
1-21     denial order issued under this chapter may not obtain a license
1-22     after the period of denial has ended until the person pays to the
1-23     department a fee of $125 [$100] in addition to any other fee
1-24     required by law.
 2-1           (c)  Of each fee collected under this section $25 may be
 2-2     appropriated only to the State Office of Administrative Hearings to
 2-3     cover the costs of hearings conducted by that office under this
 2-4     chapter and Chapter 524.
 2-5           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
 2-6     applies only to a fee collected under Section 524.051 or 724.046,
 2-7     Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, after the effective
 2-8     date of this Act.