By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 56 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to creating a presumption regarding a person's alcohol 1-3 concentration level for purposes of the administrative suspension 1-4 of the person's driver's license. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 524, Transportation Code, 1-7 is amended by adding Section 524.0375 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 524.0375. PRESUMPTION REGARDING ANALYSIS. For purposes 1-9 of this chapter, it is presumed that at the time of operating a 1-10 motor vehicle in a public place, the person operating the vehicle 1-11 had an alcohol concentration level equal to or higher than the 1-12 level in Section 49.01, Penal Code, shown by an analysis of breath 1-13 or blood taken from the person at or not later than two hours after 1-14 the time of the person's arrest. 1-15 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect July 1, 2001, if it 1-16 receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 1-17 house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. 1-18 If this Act does not receive a vote of two-thirds of all the 1-19 members elected to each house, this Act takes effect September 1, 1-20 2001. 1-21 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to a 1-22 driver's license suspension hearing that begins under Chapter 524, 1-23 Transportation Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A 1-24 driver's license suspension hearing that began under Chapter 524, 1-25 Transportation Code, before the effective date of this Act is 2-1 covered by the law in effect when the hearing began, and the former 2-2 law continues in effect for that purpose.