Tex. Transp. Code § 521.2476 · Subchapter L. OCCUPATIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE
MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR VENDORS OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department by rule shall establish:
(1) minimum standards for vendors of ignition interlock devices who conduct business in this state; and
(2) procedures to ensure compliance with those standards, including procedures for the inspection of a vendor's facilities.
(b) The minimum standards shall require each vendor to:
(1) be authorized by the department to do business in this state;
(2) install a device only if the device is approved under Section 521.247;
(3) obtain liability insurance providing coverage for damages arising out of the operation or use of devices in amounts and under the terms specified by the department;
(4) install the device and activate any anticircumvention feature of the device within a reasonable time after the vendor receives notice that installation is ordered by a court;
(5) install and inspect the device in accordance with any applicable court order;
(6) repair or replace a device not later than 48 hours after receiving notice of a complaint regarding the operation of the device;
(7) submit a written report of any violation of a court order to that court and to the person's supervising officer, if any, not later than 48 hours after the vendor discovers the violation;
(8) maintain a record of each action taken by the vendor with respect to each device installed by the vendor, including each action taken as a result of an attempt to circumvent the device, until at least the fifth anniversary after the date of installation;
(9) make a copy of the record available for inspection by or send a copy of the record to any court, supervising officer, or the department on request; and
(10) annually provide to the department a written report of each service and ignition interlock device feature made available by the vendor.
(c) The department may revoke the department's authorization for a vendor to do business in this state if the vendor or an officer or employee of the vendor violates:
(1) any law of this state that applies to the vendor; or
(2) any rule adopted by the department under this section or another law that applies to the vendor.
(d) A vendor shall reimburse the department for the reasonable cost of conducting each inspection of the vendor's facilities under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1105, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (H.B. 291), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm
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