Sec. 708.151. NOTICE OF SURCHARGE. (a) The department shall send notices as required by Subsection (b) to the holder of a driver's license when a surcharge is assessed on that license. Each notice must:
(1) be sent by first class mail to the person's most recent address as shown on the records of the department or to the person's most recent forwarding address on record with the United States Postal Service if it is different;
(2) specify the date by which the surcharge must be paid;
(3) state the total dollar amount of the surcharge that must be paid, the number of monthly payments required under an installment payment plan, and the minimum monthly payment required for a person to enter and maintain an installment payment plan with the department; and
(4) state the consequences of a failure to pay the surcharge.
(b) The department shall send a first notice not later than the fifth day after the date the surcharge is assessed.
(c) If on or before the 45th day after the date the first notice was sent the person fails to pay the amount of the surcharge or fails to enter into an installment payment agreement with the department, the department shall send a second notice. If on or before the 60th day after the date the second notice was sent the person fails to pay the amount of the surcharge or fails to enter into an installment payment agreement with the department, the department shall send a third notice that advises the person that the person's driving privileges are suspended.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 10.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1146 (H.B. 2730), Sec. 15.01, eff. September 1, 2011.
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