78R2609 JD-F

By:  Carona                                                       S.B. No. 191


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the fee for reinstatement or issuance of a driver's license following a license suspension or denial for failure to pass a test for intoxication. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 524.051, Transportation Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (a) A driver's license suspended under this chapter may not be reinstated or another driver's license issued to the person until the person pays the department a fee of $140 [$125] in addition to any other fee required by law. (c) If the peace officer who arrested the person was a peace officer of a law enforcement agency in a county that maintains a certified breath alcohol testing program but does not use the services of a certified technical supervisor employed by the department, of each fee collected under Subsection (a), the department shall remit $15 to the treasurer of that county. Money received by a county under this subsection may be used only to defray the costs incurred by the county for the use of the services of a certified technical supervisor employed by the county in connection with the enforcement of this chapter. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003. The change made to Section 524.051, Transportation Code, by this Act applies only to the reinstatement or issuance of a driver's license that is applied for on or after September 1, 2003.