Tex. Transp. Code § 706.003 · Chapter 706. DENIAL OF RENEWAL OF LICENSE FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR
WARNING; CITATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a political subdivision has contracted with the department, a peace officer authorized to issue a citation in the jurisdiction of the political subdivision shall issue a written warning to each person to whom the officer issues a citation for a violation of a traffic law in the jurisdiction of the political subdivision.
(b) The warning under Subsection (a):
(1) is in addition to any other warning required by law;
(2) must state in substance that if the person fails to appear in court as provided by law for the prosecution of the offense or if the person fails to pay or satisfy a judgment ordering the payment of a fine and cost in the manner ordered by the court, the person may be denied renewal of the person's driver's license; and
(3) may be printed on the same instrument as the citation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.161(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1498, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.706.htm
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