Tex. Transp. Code § 521.3466 · Subchapter O. AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION
AUTOMATIC REVOCATION FOR OFFENSE INVOLVING CERTAIN FRAUDULENT GOVERNMENTAL RECORDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A license is automatically revoked on final conviction of the license holder of an offense under Section 37.10, Penal Code, if the governmental record was a motor vehicle license plate or registration insignia, within the meaning of Chapter 502, or a vehicle inspection report, within the meaning of Chapter 548.
(b) If the person is a resident of this state without a driver's license to operate a motor vehicle, the director shall issue an order prohibiting the person from being issued a driver's license until the second anniversary of the date of the conviction.
(c) Section 521.347 applies to a conviction under Section 37.10, Penal Code, in the same manner that section applies to a conviction of an offense that requires automatic suspension of a person's driver's license.
(d) The department may not issue a driver's license to the person before the second anniversary of the date of the conviction. The department may issue a driver's license to the person only if the person:
(1) applies to the department for the license;
(2) is otherwise qualified for the license; and
(3) pays, in addition to the fee required by Section 521.421, a fee of $100.
(e) Each fee collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas mobility fund.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 851, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 11.03, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1291 (H.B. 2305), Sec. 16, eff. March 1, 2015.
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