BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center H.B. 1049
80R4392 ACP-D By: Phillips (Wentworth)
Transportation & Homeland Security
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Current law provides for the automatic suspension of a driver's license of a person convicted of certain offenses, such as criminally negligent homicide, driving while intoxicated, and intoxicated manslaughter.
H.B. 1049 adds the offense of manslaughter, in instances where a motor vehicle was used in the commission of the offense, to the list of offenses that, upon final conviction of the offense, result in the automatic suspension of the person’s driver's license.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 521.341, Transportation Code, to provide that a driver’s license is automatically suspended on final conviction of the license holder of an offense under Section 19.04 (Manslaughter), Penal Code, if the holder used a motor vehicle in the commission of the offense.
SECTION 2. Makes application of this Act prospective.
SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2007.