Bill Text: TX SB1173 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of an occupational driver's license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Transportation [SB1173 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1173-Introduced.html
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| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 1173 | |
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| relating to the issuance of an occupational driver's license. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 521.242, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsections (b-1), (g), and (h) and amending Subsection | ||
| (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) A person whose driver's license is suspended under | ||
| Chapter 708 or denied renewal under Chapter 706 may apply for an | ||
| occupational license by filing a verified petition with the clerk | ||
| of a court in which the person was convicted for an underlying | ||
| offense giving rise to the license suspension or denial. | ||
| (d) A petition filed under Subsection (b) or (b-1) must | ||
| state that the petitioner was convicted in that court for an offense | ||
| under the laws of this state. | ||
| (g) A court shall notify a person at sentencing that the | ||
| person may be entitled to an occupational license if: | ||
| (1) the person's driver's license is automatically | ||
| suspended following the conviction; | ||
| (2) the person's driver's license is suspended for | ||
| failure to pay surcharges associated with the conviction under | ||
| Chapter 708; or | ||
| (3) the person's driver's license is denied renewal | ||
| under Chapter 706 for failure to pay or satisfy a judgment ordering | ||
| the payment of a fine and cost in the manner ordered by the court. | ||
| (h) Each justice and municipal court shall provide a | ||
| standard petition form that a person may complete and file with the | ||
| clerk to apply for an occupational license. The form must include | ||
| instructions for obtaining a waiver of the application fee for | ||
| persons who are unable to pay. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 521.2462, Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) This section does not apply to a person who petitioned | ||
| for an occupational license solely because the person's driver's | ||
| license was suspended under Chapter 708 or the person's driver's | ||
| license was denied renewal under Chapter 706. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
