By: Ellis S.B. No. 1033
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. Subsection (a), Section 524.051, Transportation
1-6 Code, is 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.
1-11 SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 724.046, Transportation
1-12 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 (a) A license suspended under this chapter may not be
1-14 reinstated or a new license issued until the person whose license
1-15 has been suspended pays to the department a fee of $125 [$100] in
1-16 addition to any other fee required by law. A person subject to a
1-17 denial order issued under this chapter may not obtain a license
1-18 after the period of denial has ended until the person pays to the
1-19 department a fee of $125 [$100] in addition to any other fee
1-20 required by law.
1-21 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-22 applies only to a fee collected under Section 524.051 or 724.046,
1-23 Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, after the effective
1-24 date of this Act.