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78R8024 T

By:  Farabee                                                      H.B. No. 1721



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to denial of renewal of a driver's license.                          
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection 706.002(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A political subdivision may contract with the 
department to provide information necessary for the department to 
deny renewal of the driver's license of a person who fails to appear 
for a complaint or citation or fails to pay or satisfy a judgment 
ordering payment of a fine and cost in the manner ordered by the 
court in a matter involving any offense that a [justice or 
municipal] court has jurisdiction of under Chapter 4, [Article 4.11 
or 4.14,] Code of Criminal Procedure.
	SECTION 2.  This Act will take effect immediately if it 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 
effect, this Act takes effect on September 1, 2003.