Amend HB 1985 on third reading by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 706.005(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  A political subdivision shall immediately notify the department that there is no cause to continue to deny renewal of a person's driver's license based on the person's previous failure to appear or failure to pay or satisfy a judgment ordering the payment of a fine and cost in the manner ordered by the court in a matter involving an offense described by Section 706.002(a), on payment of a fee as provided by Section 706.006 and:

(1)  the perfection of an appeal of the case for which the warrant of arrest was issued or judgment arose;

(2)  the dismissal of the charge for which the warrant of arrest was issued or judgment arose;

(3)  the posting of bond or the giving of other security to reinstate the charge for which the warrant was issued;

(4)  the payment or discharge of the fine and cost owed on an outstanding judgment of the court; or

(5)  other suitable arrangement to pay the fine and cost within the court's discretion.