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79R4797 JD-D


By:  Swinford                                                     H.B. No. 1869



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the imposition of additional requirements on certain 
persons granted an occupational driver's license.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter L, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 521.2483 to read as follows:
	Sec. 521.2483.  ADDITIONAL ORDER REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  This 
section applies only to an order granting an occupational license 
to a person whose license has been suspended after a conviction 
under Chapter 49, Penal Code.
	(b)  The order granting the occupational license must:                  
		(1)  require that the person, before the 15th day after 
the date the order is signed, submit to the court and the attorney 
representing the state a written statement, sworn to by the person, 
that:
			(A)  provides the vehicle identification number 
of the vehicle to be most regularly driven by the person under the 
occupational license and the number of the regular license plates 
most recently issued for that vehicle; and
			(B)  states whether the person is an owner of that 
vehicle; and     
		(2)  provide that if the person is an owner of the 
vehicle to be most regularly driven under the occupational license, 
the person is required to:
			(A)  not later than the 15th day after the date the 
order is signed:
				(i)  surrender the regular license plates 
issued for that vehicle to the county assessor-collector of the 
county in which the vehicle is registered;
				(ii)  apply to that county 
assessor-collector for a set of DWI license plates for the vehicle 
and pay the required fee for issuance of those license plates; and
				(iii)  affix the DWI license plates to that 
vehicle;               
			(B)  continue to display the DWI license plates on 
that vehicle until the end of the period of suspension of the 
person's regular driver's license; and
			(C)  surrender the DWI license plates to the 
issuing county assessor-collector at the end of the period of 
suspension and request the county assessor-collector to return the 
regular license plates that were surrendered by the person to the 
county assessor-collector.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 504.657 to read as follows:
	Sec. 504.657.  DWI LICENSE PLATES. (a)  The department shall 
design DWI license plates for motor vehicles owned by persons who 
are issued an occupational driver's license under Section 521.248 
and required to display the DWI license plates on the vehicle most 
regularly driven by the person under that occupational driver's 
license.
	(b)  The license plates shall be distinguishable from any 
other license plate issued by the department and may have one or 
more design characteristics that identify the plates as being for a 
vehicle owned by a person described by Subsection (a).
	(c)  The department by rule shall establish the fee for the 
issuance of the DWI license plates.  The amount of the fee may not 
exceed the amount that, when added to the other fees collected by 
the department, is sufficient to recover the actual cost to the 
department of issuing license plates under this section.
	SECTION 3.  Section 521.2483, Transportation Code, as added 
by this Act, applies only to an occupational driver's license that 
is applied for on or after September 1, 2005.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.