78R7804 JD-F

By:  Uresti                                                       H.B. No. 2483



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the effect of a dismissal of the underlying criminal 
charge on a driver's license suspended under the implied consent 
law.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 724.048(c), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  If a criminal charge arising from the same arrest as a 
suspension under this chapter is dismissed or results in an 
acquittal, the suspension under this chapter may not be imposed.  If 
a suspension under this chapter has already been imposed, the 
department shall rescind the suspension and remove references to 
the suspension from the computerized driving record of the 
individual.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.