Amend CSHB 1054 (House Committee Printing) by adding the
following SECTIONS to the bill, appropriately numbered, and
renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 708.103(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Section 708.202, each [Each] year
the department shall assess a surcharge on the license of each
person who during the preceding 36-month period has been convicted
of an offense under Section 521.457, 601.191, or 601.371.
SECTION ____. Chapter 708, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E. DEDUCTION OF POINTS OR ELIMINATION OF SURCHARGE
Sec. 708.201. ELIGIBILITY. A person who is paying a
surcharge under this chapter is eligible for a deduction of points
or elimination of a surcharge as provided by this subchapter if:
(1) the person has paid a surcharge for at least the
preceding 12-month period because of:
(A) an accumulation of points under Subchapter B;
or
(B) a conviction of an offense under Section
601.191 or 601.371; and
(2) the person has not:
(A) received a deduction of points or the
elimination of a surcharge under this subchapter in the previous 24
months; and
(B) successfully completed a driving safety
course approved by the Texas Education Agency or a course under the
motorcycle operator training and safety program approved by the
designated state agency under Chapter 662 in the previous 12
months.
Sec. 708.202. DRIVING SAFETY COURSE REQUIRED. (a) A person
who successfully completes a driving safety course approved by the
Texas Education Agency or a course under the motorcycle operator
training and safety program approved by the designated state agency
under Chapter 662 is entitled to:
(1) a deduction of two points on the person's driver's
license under Subchapter B; or
(2) elimination of a surcharge based on a conviction
of an offense under Section 601.191 or 601.371.
(b) If the deduction of points under this section causes a
person to have fewer than six points accumulated on the person's
driver's license, the person is no longer required to pay a
surcharge.