Tex. Gov't Code § 411.0206 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
ABATEMENT OR DEFERRAL FOR VICTIMS OF IDENTITY THEFT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "License" means a license, certificate, permit, or other authorization issued by the department.
(2) "Victim of identity theft" means an individual who has filed a criminal complaint alleging the commission of an offense under Section 32.51, Penal Code, other than a person who is convicted of an offense under Section 37.08, Penal Code, with respect to that complaint.
(b) The department may abate or defer a mandatory suspension or revocation of a license if the license holder presents evidence acceptable to the department that:
(1) the license holder is the victim of identity theft; and
(2) the person against whom a criminal complaint alleging the commission of an offense under Section 32.51, Penal Code, has been filed, and not the license holder, engaged in the act or omission that mandates the suspension or revocation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 796 (H.B. 2256), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.411.htm
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