TITLE: Relating to the period of license suspension after moving violations for a holder of a provisional driver's license.

SUMMARY: Relating to the period of license suspension after moving violations for a holder of a provisional driver's license.

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AN ACT relating to the period of license suspension after moving violations for a holder of a provisional driver's license. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 521.293, Transportation Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (a) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and (c),if the person does not request a hearing, the period of license suspension under Section 521.292 is 90 days. (c) The period of license suspension is 180 days if: (1) the department determines that the person engaged in conduct described by Section 521.292(a)(8); (2) the person does not request a hearing; and (3) the moving violation is a third or subsequent moving violation. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense described by Section 521.292(a)(8), Transportation Code, committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.