Tex. Transp. Code § 601.231 · Subchapter H. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE
SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a person is convicted of an offense under Section 601.191 and a prior conviction of that person under that section has been reported to the department by a magistrate or the judge or clerk of a court, the department shall suspend the driver's license of the person unless the person files and maintains evidence of financial responsibility with the department until the second anniversary of the date of the subsequent conviction.
(b) The department may waive the requirement of maintaining evidence of financial responsibility under Subsection (a) if satisfactory evidence is filed with the department showing that at the time of arrest the person was in compliance with the financial responsibility requirement of Section 601.051 or was exempt from that section under Section 601.007 or 601.052(a)(3).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 598 (H.B. 3224), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 598 (H.B. 3224), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
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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.601.htm
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.007APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO GOVERNMENT VEHICLES.Printed as Section 601.007 or 601.052(a)(3)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.051REQUIREMENT OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.Printed as Section 601.051
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.052EXCEPTIONS TO FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENT.Printed as Section 601.007 or 601.052(a)(3)
- Tex. Transp. Code § 601.191OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE IN VIOLATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE REQUIREMENT; OFFENSE.Printed as Section 601.191
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