SB2205 - Relating to the revocation of a driver's license for failure to pay a civil penalty imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission.

  89R17293 MZM-D     By: Birdwell S.B. No. 2205       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the revocation of a driver's license for failure to pay   a civil penalty imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 571, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 571.178 to read as follows:           Sec.   571.178.     REVOCATION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE.   If a person   does not pay a civil penalty imposed by the commission within 60   days of the date the commission imposed the civil penalty, and the   civil penalty has not otherwise been waived under this subchapter,   the commission shall notify the Texas Department of Public Safety   and request that the department revoke the person's driver's   license.          SECTION 2.  Section 521.294, Transportation Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 521.294.  DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION FOR LICENSE   REVOCATION.  The department shall revoke the person's license if   the department :                 (1)   determines that the person:                       (A)  [ (1) ]  is incapable of safely operating a   motor vehicle;                       (B)  [ (2) ]  has not complied with the terms of a   citation issued by a jurisdiction that is a party to the Nonresident   Violator Compact of 1977 for a traffic violation to which that   compact applies;                       (C)  [ (3) ]  has failed to provide medical records   or has failed to undergo medical or other examinations as required   by a panel of the medical advisory board;                       (D)  [ (4) ]  has failed to pass an examination   required by the director under this chapter; or                       (E)  [ (5) ]  has committed an offense in another   state or Canadian province that, if committed in this state, would   be grounds for revocation ; or                 (2)     is notified by the Texas Ethics Commission in   accordance with Section 571.178, Government Code, that the person   has not paid a civil penalty imposed by the commission within 60   days following the date the civil penalty was imposed .          SECTION 3.  Section 521.312(c), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (c)  The department may not reinstate a license revoked under   Section 521.294(1)(E) [ 521.294(5) ] until the court that filed the   report for which the license was revoked files an additional report   on final disposition of the case.          SECTION 4.  Section 571.178, Government Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to the payment of a civil penalty or fine   imposed by the Texas Ethics Commission on or after the effective   date of this Act.  The payment of a civil penalty or fine imposed by   the Texas Ethics Commission before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the penalty or fine was   imposed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.