By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 186
	(In the Senate - Filed January 13, 2005; February 1, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and 
Homeland Security; March 2, 2005, reported favorably by the 
following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; March 2, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to suspension of a provisional license for certain 
offenses.     
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 521.307, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subsections (a-1) and (d) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  On recommendation of a juvenile court or other court 
with jurisdiction over the holder of a provisional license, the 
department shall suspend a provisional license if it is found by the 
court that the provisional license holder has committed an offense 
involving the operation of a motor vehicle that:
		(1)  resulted in an accident that was substantially the 
license holder's fault; or
		(2)  resulted in or created the imminent danger of 
serious bodily injury.
	(d)  In this section, "serious bodily injury" has the meaning 
assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (b), Section 521.307, Transportation 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The department shall suspend the license for the period 
set by the [juvenile] court but not to exceed one year.
	SECTION 3.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies 
only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 
Act.  For the purposes of this section, an offense is committed 
before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense 
occurs before that date.
	(b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this 
Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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