78R65 KEL-D


By:  Krusee                                                       H.B. No. 2223



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the civil and family law consequences of engaging in 
certain terroristic activity.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 54.042(b), (d), and (f), Family Code, 
are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section 
54.04, may order the Department of Public Safety to suspend a 
child's driver's license or permit or, if the child does not have a 
license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license or permit to 
the child, if the court finds that the child has engaged in conduct 
that violates Section 22.07, 28.08, 42.06, or 46.08, Penal Code.
	(d)  The order under Subsection (b) shall specify a period of 
suspension or denial that is:
		(1)  for a period not to exceed 365 days;  or                                 
		(2)  if the court finds the child has been previously 
adjudicated as having engaged in conduct violating Section 22.07,
28.08, 42.06, or 46.08, Penal Code, until the child reaches the age 
of 19 or for a period not to exceed 365 days, whichever is longer.
	(f)  A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section 
54.04, may order the Department of Public Safety to suspend a 
child's driver's license or permit or, if the child does not have a 
license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license or permit to 
the child for a period not to exceed 12 months if the court finds 
that the child has engaged in conduct in need of supervision or 
delinquent conduct other than the conduct described by Subsection 
(a) or (b).
	SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 521.320, Transportation 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 521.320.  SUSPENSION FOR CERTAIN CRIMINAL MISCHIEF OR 
TERRORISTIC ACTIVITY; LICENSE DENIAL.
	SECTION 3.  Sections 521.320(a) and (b), Transportation 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A court may order the department to suspend a person's 
driver's license on conviction of an offense under Section 22.07,
28.08, 42.06, or 46.08, Penal Code.
	(b)  A court may order the department to deny an application 
for reinstatement or issuance of a driver's license to a person 
convicted of an offense under Section 22.07, 28.08, 42.06, or 
46.08,  Penal Code, who, on the date of the conviction, did not hold 
a driver's license.
	SECTION 4.  (a) The change in law made by this Act applies 
only to an offense committed or, for the purposes of Title 3, Family 
Code, to conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this 
Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed on or 
after the effective date of this Act if every element of the offense 
occurs on or after the effective date, and conduct violating a penal 
law of this state occurs on or after the effective date of this Act 
if every element of the violation occurs on or after that date.
	(b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this 
Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  Conduct 
that occurs before the effective date of this Act is covered by the 
law in effect at the time the conduct occurred, and the former law 
is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.