By: Carona S.B. No. 501
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the civil consequences of certain convictions on a
  person who holds a commercial driver's license and of certain
  adjudications on the driver's license or permit of a child.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (d), Section 522.081, Transportation
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (d)  A person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor
  vehicle for life:
               (1)  if the person is convicted two or more times of an
  offense specified by Subsection (b)(2), or a combination of those
  offenses, arising from two or more separate incidents;
               (2)  if the person uses a motor vehicle in the
  commission of a felony involving:
                     (A)  the manufacture, distribution, or dispensing
  of a controlled substance; or
                     (B)  possession with intent to manufacture,
  distribute, or dispense a controlled substance; [or]
               (3)  for any combination of two or more of the
  following, arising from two or more separate incidents:
                     (A)  a conviction of the person for an offense
  described by Subsection (b)(2);
                     (B)  a refusal by the person described by
  Subsection (b)(3); and
                     (C)  an analysis of the person's blood, breath, or
  urine described by Subsection (b)(4); or
               (4)  if the person uses a motor vehicle in the
  commission of an offense under 8 U.S.C. Section 1324 that involves
  the transportation, concealment, or harboring of an alien.
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 54.042, Family Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section
  54.04, shall:
               (1)  order the Department of Public Safety to suspend a
  child's driver's license or permit, or if the child does not have a
  license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license or permit to
  the child if the court finds that the child has engaged in conduct
  that:
                     (A)  violates a law of this state enumerated in
  Section 521.342(a), Transportation Code; or
                     (B)  violates a penal law of this state or the
  United States, an element or elements of which involve a severe form
  of trafficking in persons, as defined by 22 U.S.C. Section 7102; or
               (2)  notify the Department of Public Safety of the
  adjudication, if the court finds that the child has engaged in
  conduct that violates a law of this state enumerated in Section
  521.372(a), Transportation Code.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act to
  Section 522.081, Transportation Code, applies only in connection
  with a conviction that becomes final on or after the effective date
  of this Act. A conviction that became final before the effective
  date of this Act is covered by Section 522.081, Transportation
  Code, as that section existed on the date the conviction became
  final, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         (b)  The change in law made by this Act in amending Section
  54.042, Family Code, applies only to conduct that occurs on or after
  the effective date of this Act. Conduct that occurred before the
  effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect at the
  time the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.