Tex. Transp. Code § 521.372 · Subchapter P. SUSPENSION FOR CERTAIN DRUG OFFENSES
SUSPENSION OR LICENSE DENIAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person's driver's license is automatically suspended on final conviction of:
(1) an offense under the Controlled Substances Act;
(2) a felony drug offense;
(3) a misdemeanor drug offense, if the person has been previously convicted of a drug offense committed less than 36 months before the commission of the instant offense; or
(4) a felony under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, that is not a drug offense.
(b) The department may not issue a driver's license to a person convicted of an offense specified in Subsection (a) who, on the date of the conviction, did not hold a driver's license.
(b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (a)(3), the court may order that the department suspend the license of a person who holds a license at the time of final conviction of a misdemeanor drug offense if the court makes a written determination that the suspension is in the interest of public safety.
(c) Except as provided by Section 521.374(b), the period of suspension or license denial under this section is 90 days after the date of a final conviction.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 543 (S.B. 181), Sec. 1.03, eff. Feb. 25, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm
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Code of Criminal Procedure
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.373REINSTATEMENT REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Section 521.372 | Section 521.372(a)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.374EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OR EQUIVALENT EDUCATION.Printed as Section 521.372 | Section 521.372(c)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.377LICENSE REINSTATEMENT.Printed as Section 521.372 | Section 521.372(c)
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