Tex. Transp. Code § 521.253 · Subchapter L. OCCUPATIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE
CRIMINAL OFFENSE; PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who holds an occupational driver's license commits an offense if the person:
(1) operates a motor vehicle in violation of a restriction imposed on the license; or
(2) fails to have in the person's possession a certified copy of the court order as required under Section 521.250.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
(c) On conviction of an offense under this section, the convicting court shall:
(1) issue an order revoking the occupational driver's license; and
(2) deliver the revocation order to the person, the court that issued the order granting the occupational driver's license, and the department.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (H.B. 291), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm
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