Tex. Transp. Code § 543.204 · Subchapter C. RECORDS AND INFORMATION MAINTAINED BY DEPARTMENT
SUBMISSION OF RECORD PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A justice of the peace or municipal judge who defers further proceedings and suspends all or part of the imposition of the fine under Subchapter G, Chapter 45A, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a county court judge who follows that procedure under Article 42.111, Code of Criminal Procedure, may not submit a written record to the department, except that if the justice or judge subsequently adjudicates the defendant's guilt, the justice or judge shall submit the record not later than the seventh day after the date on which the justice or judge adjudicates guilt.
(b) The department may not keep a record for which submission is prohibited by this section.
(c) The department may receive a record prepared by a department employee from court records.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1545, Sec. 73, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1146 (H.B. 2730), Sec. 17.03, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.175, eff. January 1, 2025.
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