1-1 By: Jackson S.B. No. 671
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 12, 2001; February 14, 2001,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
1-4 March 6, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 6, 2001,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 671 By: Ogden
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to the surrender of a suspended, canceled, revoked, or
1-11 disqualified driver's license; providing a penalty.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Section 521.315, Transportation Code, is amended
1-14 to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 521.315. SURRENDER OF LICENSE; RETURN. (a) On the
1-16 suspension, cancellation, disqualification, or revocation of a
1-17 license by the department, the department may require the holder to
1-18 surrender the license to the department.
1-19 (b) The department shall return a suspended license to the
1-20 holder on the expiration of the suspension period.
1-21 (c) A person commits an offense if the person's license has
1-22 been demanded in accordance with Subsection (a) and the person
1-23 fails or refuses to surrender the license to the department.
1-24 (d) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
1-25 SECTION 2. Section 521.451, Transportation Code, is amended
1-26 to read as follows:
1-27 Sec. 521.451. GENERAL VIOLATION. (a) Except as provided by
1-28 Section 521.452, a person may not:
1-29 (1) display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have
1-30 in the person's possession a driver's license or certificate that
1-31 the person knows is fictitious or has been [canceled, revoked,
1-32 suspended, or] altered;
1-33 (2) lend the person's driver's license or certificate
1-34 to another person or knowingly permit another person to use the
1-35 person's driver's license or certificate;
1-36 (3) display or represent as the person's own a
1-37 driver's license or certificate not issued to the person;
1-38 (4) [fail or refuse to surrender to the department on
1-39 demand a driver's license or certificate that has been canceled,
1-40 suspended, or revoked;]
1-41 [(5)] possess more than one currently valid driver's
1-42 license or more than one currently valid certificate; or
1-43 (5) [(6)] in an application for an original, renewal,
1-44 or duplicate driver's license or certificate:
1-45 (A) provide a false name, false address, or a
1-46 counterfeit document; or
1-47 (B) knowingly make a false statement, conceal a
1-48 material fact, or otherwise commit fraud.
1-49 (b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
1-50 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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