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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the suspension of the driver's licenses of certain |
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persons younger than 18 years of age. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.292(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall suspend the person's license if the |
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department determines that the person: |
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(1) has operated a motor vehicle on a highway while the |
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person's license was suspended, canceled, disqualified, or |
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revoked, or without a license after an application for a license was |
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denied; |
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(2) is a habitually reckless or negligent operator of |
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a motor vehicle; |
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(3) is a habitual violator of the traffic laws; |
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(4) has permitted the unlawful or fraudulent use of |
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the person's license; |
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(5) has committed an offense in another state or |
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Canadian province that, if committed in this state, would be |
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grounds for suspension; |
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(6) has been convicted of two or more separate |
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offenses of a violation of a restriction imposed on the use of the |
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license; |
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(7) has been responsible as a driver for any accident |
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resulting in serious personal injury or serious property damage; |
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(8) is the holder of a provisional license issued |
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under Section 521.123] and [has been] convicted of [two or more] |
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moving violations committed within a 12-month period; or |
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(9) has committed an offense under Section 545.421. |
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SECTION 2. Section 521.293, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if the person does |
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not request a hearing, the period of license suspension under |
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Section 521.292 is 180 90 days. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense described by Section 521.292(a)(8), Transportation |
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Code, as amended by this Act, committed on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was |
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committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed |
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before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense |
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occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |