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.