Tex. Transp. Code § 524.015 · Subchapter B. SUSPENSION DETERMINATION AND NOTICE
EFFECT OF DISPOSITION OF CRIMINAL CHARGE ON DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the disposition of a criminal charge does not affect a driver's license suspension under this chapter and does not bar any matter in issue in a driver's license suspension proceeding under this chapter.
(b) A suspension may not be imposed under this chapter on a person who is acquitted of a criminal charge under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, 49.061, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, or Section 106.041, Alcoholic Beverage Code, arising from the occurrence that was the basis for the suspension. If a suspension was imposed before the acquittal, the department shall rescind the suspension and shall remove any reference to the suspension from the person's computerized driving record.
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. 1013, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1348 (S.B. 328), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 813 (H.B. 1163), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2023.
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Alcoholic Beverage Code
Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.04DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, 49.061, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.045DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED WITH CHILD PASSENGER.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, 49.061, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.06BOATING WHILE INTOXICATED.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, 49.061, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.061BOATING WHILE INTOXICATED WITH CHILD PASSENGER.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, 49.061, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.07INTOXICATION ASSAULT.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, 49.061, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 49.08INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER.Printed as Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, 49.061, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code
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