By:  Garza                                                        H.B. No. 3103



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to duplicate driver's licenses, the suspension of driver's 
licenses, and the suspension of vehicle registrations following 
certain suspensions of driver's licenses.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 521.146, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 521.146.  APPLICATION FOR DUPLICATE LICENSE OR 
CERTIFICATE.  (a)  If a driver's license or certificate issued under 
this chapter is lost or destroyed, or there is a change in pertinent 
information, the person to whom the license or certificate was 
issued may obtain a duplicate or corrected version.
	(b)  A person who moves from the address shown on the license 
or certificate or changes the person's name must notify the 
department of the change and apply for a duplicate license or 
certificate not later than the 30th day after the date on which the 
change takes effect.
	(c)  An applicant for a corrected driver's license or 
certificate must submit to the department the required fee, 
accompanied by the required information that has changed with proof 
satisfactory to the department that supports the change.
	(d) [(c)]  The department by rule may provide that the holder 
of a driver's license or identification certificate issued by the 
department may apply for the issuance of a duplicate license or 
certificate by mail, by telephone, over the Internet, or by other 
electronic means.
	(e) [(d)]  A rule adopted under Subsection (d) [(c)] may 
prescribe eligibility standards for issuance of a duplicate 
driver's license or identification certificate under this section.
	SECTION 2.  Section 521.341, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 521.341.  REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMATIC LICENSE 
SUSPENSION.  Except as provided by Sections 521.344(d)-(i), a 
license is automatically suspended on final conviction of the 
license holder of:
		(1)  an offense under Section 19.05, Penal Code, 
committed as a result of the holder's criminally negligent 
operation of a motor vehicle;
		(2)  an offense under Section 38.04, Penal Code, that 
was committed while operating a motor vehicle;
		(3)  an offense under Section 49.04 or 49.08, Penal 
Code;                   
		(4)  an offense under Section 49.07, Penal Code, if the 
person used a motor vehicle in the commission of the offense;
		(5)  an offense punishable as a felony under the motor 
vehicle laws of this state;
		(6)  an offense under Section 550.021; or                                     
		(7)  an offense under Section 521.451 or 521.453.                             
	SECTION 3.  Section 601.162(b), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  If a suspension is terminated under Subsection 
(a)(3)(C), on notice of a default in the payment of an installment 
under the agreement, the department shall promptly suspend the 
driver's license and vehicle registration or nonresident's 
operating privilege of the person defaulting.  A suspension under 
this subsection continues until:
		(1)  the person deposits and maintains security in 
accordance with Section 601.153 in an amount determined by the 
department at the time of suspension under this subsection and 
files evidence of financial responsibility in accordance with 
Section 601.153; or
		(2)  the second anniversary of the date security was 
required [deposited] under Subdivision (1) if, during that period, 
an action on the agreement has not been instituted in a court in 
this state.
	SECTION 4.  Section 601.340(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), the 
department shall suspend the registration of each motor vehicle 
registered in the name of a person if the department:
		(1)  under any state law, other than Section 
521.341(7) [521.341(6)], suspends or revokes the person's driver's 
license on receipt of a record of a conviction or a forfeiture of 
bail; or
		(2)  receives a record of a guilty plea of the person 
entered for an offense for which the department would be required to 
suspend the driver's license of a person convicted of the offense.
	SECTION 5.  Sections 521.054, 521.102, and 521.423, 
Transportation Code, and Section 522.029(f), Transportation Code, 
as added by Chapter 1156, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 1997, are repealed.
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.