Bill Text: TX SB2034 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting the extension of the period of a driver's license suspension for certain driving while license invalid convictions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Transportation [SB2034 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2034-Introduced.html
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| By: Whitmire | S.B. No. 2034 | |
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| relating to prohibiting the extension of the period of a driver's | ||
| license suspension for certain driving while license invalid | ||
| convictions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 521.343, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), if [ |
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| license holder is convicted of operating a motor vehicle while the | ||
| license to operate a motor vehicle is cancelled, disqualified, | ||
| suspended, revoked, or denied, the period is extended for the same | ||
| term as the original suspension or disqualification, in addition to | ||
| any penalty assessed under this chapter or Chapter 522. | ||
| (d) The department may not extend the period a person's | ||
| driver's license is suspended under Subsection (c) for a conviction | ||
| of an offense under Section 521.457 if: | ||
| (1) the offense was committed before September 1, | ||
| 2019; and | ||
| (2) the person was convicted of the offense after | ||
| August 31, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
