Sec. 601.159. PROCEDURES FOR SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION OR PRIVILEGE. The department shall suspend the driver's license and each vehicle registration of an owner or operator or the nonresident's operating privilege of an owner or operator unless:
(1) if a hearing is not requested, the person, not later than the 20th day after the date the notice under Section 601.155 was personally served or mailed:
(A) delivers or mails to the department a written request for a hearing;
(B) shows that this subchapter does not apply to the person; or
(C) complies with Section 601.153; or
(2) the person complies with Section 601.153 not later than the 20th day after:
(A) the date of the expiration of the period in which an appeal may be brought, if the determination at a hearing is rendered against the owner or operator and the owner or operator does not appeal; or
(B) the date of a decision against the person following the appeal.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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