Tex. Transp. Code § 542.304 · Subchapter C. OFFENSES
MOVING VIOLATIONS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department by rule shall designate the offenses involving the operation of a motor vehicle that constitute a moving violation of the traffic law for the purposes of:
(1) Section 1001.112(b)(4), Education Code;
(2) Section 411.110(f), Government Code; and
(3) Sections 773.0614(b) and 773.06141(a), Health and Safety Code.
(b) The rules must provide that for the purposes of the provisions described in Subsection (a), moving violations:
(1) include:
(A) a violation of the traffic law of this state, another state, or a political subdivision of this or another state; and
(B) an offense under Section 545.412; and
(2) do not include:
(A) an offense committed before September 1, 2003;
(B) the offense of speeding when the person convicted was at the time of the offense driving less than 10 percent faster than the posted speed limit, unless the person committed the offense in a school crossing zone;
(C) an offense adjudicated under Subchapter G or H, Chapter 45A, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(D) an offense under Section 545.4251.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2048), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2019.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 5.67, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 20.006, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.172, eff. January 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.542.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Code of Criminal Procedure
Education Code
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 773.0614AUTHORITY TO REVOKE, SUSPEND, DISQUALIFY FOR, OR DENY CERTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL FOR CERTAIN CRIMINAL OFFENSES.Printed as Sections 773.0614(b) and 773.06141(a), Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 773.06141SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR DENIAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER LICENSE.Printed as Sections 773.0614(b) and 773.06141(a), Health and Safety Code
Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Transp. Code § 542.304. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Education Code
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 411.110ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES AND HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.Printed as Section 542.304, Transportation Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 411.12507ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION: TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION.Printed as Section 542.304, Transportation Code
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 773.0614AUTHORITY TO REVOKE, SUSPEND, DISQUALIFY FOR, OR DENY CERTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL FOR CERTAIN CRIMINAL OFFENSES.Printed as Section 542.304, Transportation Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 773.06141SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR DENIAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDER LICENSE.Printed as Section 542.304, Transportation Code
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