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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the revocation of a driver's license for failure to pay |
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a civil penalty imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 571, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 571.178 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 571.178. REVOCATION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE. If a person |
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does not pay a civil penalty imposed by the commission within 60 |
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days of the date the commission imposed the civil penalty, and the |
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civil penalty has not otherwise been waived under this subchapter, |
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the commission shall notify the Texas Department of Public Safety |
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and request that the department revoke the person's driver's |
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license. |
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SECTION 2. Section 521.294, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 521.294. DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION FOR LICENSE |
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REVOCATION. The department shall revoke the person's license if |
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the department: |
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(1) determines that the person: |
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(A) [(1)] is incapable of safely operating a |
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motor vehicle; |
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(B) [(2)] has not complied with the terms of a |
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citation issued by a jurisdiction that is a party to the Nonresident |
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Violator Compact of 1977 for a traffic violation to which that |
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compact applies; |
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(C) [(3)] has failed to provide medical records |
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or has failed to undergo medical or other examinations as required |
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by a panel of the medical advisory board; |
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(D) [(4)] has failed to pass an examination |
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required by the director under this chapter; or |
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(E) [(5)] has committed an offense in another |
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state or Canadian province that, if committed in this state, would |
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be grounds for revocation; or |
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(2) is notified by the Texas Ethics Commission in |
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accordance with Section 571.178, Government Code, that the person |
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has not paid a civil penalty imposed by the commission within 60 |
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days following the date the civil penalty was imposed. |
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SECTION 3. Section 521.312(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The department may not reinstate a license revoked under |
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Section 521.294(1)(E) [521.294(5)] until the court that filed the |
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report for which the license was revoked files an additional report |
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on final disposition of the case. |
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SECTION 4. Section 571.178, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to the payment of a civil penalty or fine |
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imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. The payment of a civil penalty or fine imposed by |
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the Texas Ethics Commission before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the penalty or fine was |
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imposed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |