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78R6128 JD-D

By:  Zaffirini                                                    S.B. No. 651



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the effective date of a driver's license suspension for 
failure to pass a test for intoxication.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 524.021(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A driver's license suspension under this chapter takes 
effect on the 30th [40th] day after the date the person:
		(1)  receives a notice of suspension under Section 
524.011; or              
		(2)  is presumed to have received notice of suspension 
under Section 524.013.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.  The 
change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense committed 
on or after the effective date of this Act.  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.  For purposes of this section, 
an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if 
any element of the offense occurred before that date.