By:  Jackson                                           S.B. No. 671
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the penalty for presenting or displaying a suspended,
 1-3     canceled, revoked or denied driver license.
 1-4     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5     SECTION 1.  Section 521.315, Transportation Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7     Section 521.315, Surrender of License; Return
 1-8     (a)  On the suspension, cancellation, disqualification, or
 1-9     revocation of a license by the department, the department may
1-10     require the holder to surrender the license to the department.
1-11     (b)  The department shall return a suspended license to the holder
1-12     on the expiration of the suspension period.
1-13     (c)  A person commits an offense if the person whose license has
1-14     been demanded under this subsection fails or refuses to surrender
1-15     to the department the suspended, cancelled or revoked driver
1-16     license.
1-17     (d)  An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor.
1-18     SECTION 2.  Sec. 521.451, Transportation Code, is amended to read
1-19     as follows:
1-20     Section 521.451.  General Violation.  (a) Except as provided by a
1-21     person may not:
1-22     (1)  display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have in the
1-23     person's possession a driver's license or certificate that the
 2-1     person knows is fictitious or has been [canceled, revoked,
 2-2     suspended, or] altered;
 2-3     (2)  lend the person's driver's license or certificate to another
 2-4     person or knowingly permit another person to use the person's
 2-5     driver's license or certificate;
 2-6     (3)  display or represent as the person's own a driver's license or
 2-7     certificate not issued to the person;
 2-8     [(4)  fail or refuse to surrender to the department on demand a
 2-9     driver's license or certificate that has been canceled, suspended,
2-10     or revoked;]
2-11     [(5)] (4) possess more than one currently valid driver's license or
2-12     more than one currently valid certificate; or
2-13     [(6)] (5) in an application for an original, renewal, or duplicate
2-14     driver's license or certificate:
2-15     (A)  provide a false name, false address, or a counterfeit
2-16     document; or
2-17     (B)  knowingly make a false statement, conceal a material fact, or
2-18     otherwise commit fraud.
2-19     (b)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.