By: Phillips H.B. No. 3179
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the licensing of minors to operate a motor vehicle.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 521.295(a), Transportation Code, is
  re-enacted to read as follows:
         (a)  If the department suspends a person's license under
  Section 521.292 or revokes a person's license under Section 521.294
  or 521.2965, the department shall send a notice of suspension or
  revocation by first class mail to the person's address in the
  records of the department.
         SECTION 2.  Section 521.296, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 521.296.  NOTICE OF SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION.  A notice
  of suspension under Section 521.292 or revocation under Section
  521.294 or 521.2965 must state:
         (1)  the reason and statutory grounds for the suspension or
  revocation;
         (2)  the effective date of the suspension or revocation;
         (3)  the right of the person to a hearing;
         (4)  how to request a hearing; and
         (5)  the period in which the person must request a hearing.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter N, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 521.2
  965.  REVOCATION:  PERSON UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE.  
  (a)  Unless the person complies with the requirements of Subsection
  (b), the department shall revoke the license of a person under 18
  years of age who is enrolled at a public school, home school, or
  private school if a school administrator or law enforcement officer
  notifies the department that the person has been absent from school
  for at least 20 consecutive instructional days.
         (b)  The department shall notify the person in writing of a
  truancy report made against the person under Subsection (a).  The
  revocation of a license by the department under this section
  becomes effective on the 30th day after the date of the notice,
  unless before that date the person provides to the department
  information required by the department to demonstrate the person's
  school attendance.
         (c)  The notice provided to a person under Subsection (b)
  must:
         (1)  state that the revocation becomes effective on the 30th
  day after the date of the notice; and
         (2)  contain information regarding the procedures and
  documentation that the person may provide to the department in
  order to avoid the revocation of the person's license.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.