| TO: | Honorable Mike Krusee, Chair, House Committee on Transportation |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB3651 by Allen, Alma (Relating to the suspension, revocation, or cancellation of a driver's license, instruction permit, or operating privilege by the Department of Public Safety.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend Section 521, Transportation Code to require the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to suspend the instructional permit of a person who is convicted of two or more moving violations within a 12-month period, and to revoke the driver's license of a person who fails to provide information relating to the person's ability to safely operate a motor vehicle. DPS would be allowed to cancel a person's license if the person failed to update personal information on the license, failed to pay a license fee, or issued a check returned for insufficient funds. DPS would be required to suspend a person's license for the minimum period specified if a person is convicted of an offense that requires license suspension and the court does not order at least the minimum period of suspension. The bill would add the offense of Driving While Intoxicated with a Child Passenger to the list of offenses which require automatic license suspension. The bill would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure to increase the fee from $50 to $100 for reinstatement of the suspended license of a person on community supervision for certain offenses. The bill would take effect September 1, 2007.
DPS anticipates no significant fiscal impact to the agency.
| Source Agencies: | 405 Department of Public Safety
|
| LBB Staff: | JOB, KJG, GG, LG, AI, LM
|