82R4642 NAJ-D
 
  By: Dutton H.B. No. 570
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the effect of a dismissal of the underlying criminal
  charge on the suspension of a person's driver's license for a
  failure to pass a test for intoxication or a refusal to submit to
  the taking of a breath or blood specimen.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 524.015(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A suspension may not be imposed under this chapter on a
  person who is acquitted of a criminal charge under Section 49.04,
  49.045, 49.06, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, or Section 106.041,
  Alcoholic Beverage Code, arising from the occurrence that was the
  basis for the suspension or if the criminal charge arising from that
  occurrence is dismissed for any reason.  If a suspension was
  imposed before the acquittal, the department shall rescind the
  suspension and shall remove any reference to the suspension from
  the person's computerized driving record.
         SECTION 2.  Section 724.048(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  If a criminal charge arising from the same arrest as a
  suspension under this chapter results in an acquittal or is
  dismissed for any reason, the suspension under this chapter may not
  be imposed. If a suspension under this chapter has already been
  imposed, the department shall rescind the suspension and remove
  references to the suspension from the computerized driving record
  of the individual.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.