This website will be unavailable from Friday, April 26, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. through Monday, April 29, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. due to data center maintenance.

                                                                                

79R2233 JD-F

By:  Jones of Dallas                                              H.B. No. 1378



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 Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) 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)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), each [Each] fee 
collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the 
Texas mobility fund.
	(d)  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, 2005.  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, 2005.