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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the submission of reports on certain convictions or |
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adjudications relating to the operation of motor vehicles to the |
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Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 522.061, |
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Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person who holds or is required to hold a commercial |
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driver's license under this chapter and who is convicted in another |
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state of violating a state law or local ordinance relating to motor |
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vehicle traffic control shall notify the department in the manner |
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specified by the department not later than the seventh [30th] day |
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after the date of conviction. |
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(b) A person who holds or is required to hold a commercial |
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driver's license under this chapter and who is convicted in this |
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state or another state of violating a state law or local ordinance |
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relating to motor vehicle traffic control, including a law |
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regulating the operation of vehicles on highways, shall notify the |
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person's employer in writing of the conviction not later than the |
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seventh [30th] day after the date of conviction. |
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SECTION 2. Section 543.203, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 543.203. SUBMITTING RECORD TO DEPARTMENT. Not later |
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than the seventh [30th] day after the date of conviction or |
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forfeiture of bail of a person on a charge of violating a law |
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regulating the operation of a vehicle on a highway or conviction of |
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a person of negligent homicide or a felony in the commission of |
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which a vehicle was used, the magistrate, judge, or clerk of the |
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court in which the conviction was had or bail was forfeited shall |
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immediately submit to the department a written record of the case |
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containing the information required by Section 543.202. |
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SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 543.204, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A justice of the peace or municipal judge who defers |
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further proceedings, suspends all or part of the imposition of the |
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fine, and places a defendant on probation under Article 45.051, |
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Code of Criminal Procedure, or a county court judge who follows that |
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procedure under Article 42.111, Code of Criminal Procedure, may not |
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submit a written record to the department, except that if the |
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justice or judge subsequently adjudicates the defendant's guilt, |
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the justice or judge shall submit the record not later than the |
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seventh [30th] day after the date on which the justice or judge |
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adjudicates guilt. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a conviction, forfeiture of bail, or adjudication of guilt that |
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occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |