Tex. Transp. Code § 521.046 · Subchapter C. DEPARTMENT LICENSE RECORDS
DISCLOSURE OF COLLISION AND CONVICTION INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In addition to the information authorized to be released under Section 521.045, on receipt of a written request and payment of a $6 fee, the department may disclose that information and information regarding each reported motor vehicle moving violation, as defined by department rule, resulting in a traffic law conviction and each motor vehicle collision in which the individual received a citation, by date and location, within the three years preceding the date of the request, to a person who:
(1) is eligible to receive the information under Chapter 730; and
(2) submits to the department the individual's driver's license number or the individual's full name and date of birth.
(b) If the department receives requests for information under this section in quantities of 100 or more from a single person at one time and on data processing request forms acceptable to the department, the department may reduce the fee to $5 for each individual request.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 356, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1187, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.048CERTIFIED INFORMATION.Printed as Section 521.046 or 521.047
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.052DISCLOSURE OF INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION PROHIBITED.Printed as Sections 521.045, 521.046, 521.0475, 521.049(c), and 521.050
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.053COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE INFORMATION.Printed as Section 521.045, 521.046, 521.0475, or 521.047
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.055ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERACTIVE SYSTEM.Printed as Section 521.046
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.062DRIVER RECORD MONITORING PILOT PROGRAM.Printed as Section 521.046
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