78R230 JD-D

By:  Nelson                                                       S.B. No. 613



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the automatic suspension of the driver's license of a 
person younger than 21 on conviction of an offense involving an 
abusable volatile chemical.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.   Section 521.342(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Section 521.344, the license of a 
person who was under 21 years of age at the time of the offense, 
other than an offense classified as a misdemeanor punishable by 
fine only, is automatically suspended on conviction of:
		(1)  an offense under Section 49.04 or 49.07, Penal 
Code, committed as a result of the introduction of alcohol into the 
body;
		(2)  an offense under the Alcoholic Beverage Code, 
other than an offense to which Section 106.071 of that code applies, 
involving the manufacture, delivery, possession, transportation, 
or use of an alcoholic beverage;
		(3)  a misdemeanor offense under Chapter 481, Health 
and Safety Code, for which Subchapter P does not require the 
automatic suspension of the license;
		(4)  an offense under Chapter 483, Health and Safety 
Code, involving the manufacture, delivery, possession, 
transportation, or use of a dangerous drug; or
		(5)  an offense under Chapter 485 [484], Health and 
Safety Code, involving the manufacture, delivery, possession, 
transportation, or use of an abusable [a] volatile chemical.
	SECTION 2.   This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.