Texas Transportation Code Title 7, Chapter 524 - Administrative Suspension Of Driver's License For Failure To Pass Test For Intoxication

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 524.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Adult" means an individual 21 years of age or older. (2) "Alcohol concentration" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.01, Penal...

SUBCHAPTER B SUSPENSION DETERMINATION AND NOTICE

• Texas Section 524.002 - Rules; Application Of Administrative Procedure Act
  (a) The department and the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall adopt rules to administer this chapter. (b) Chapter 2001, Government Code, applies to a...
• Texas Section 524.011 - Officer's Duties For Driver's License Suspension
  (a) An officer arresting a person shall comply with Subsection (b) if: (1) the person is arrested for an offense under Section 49.04, 49.045, or...
• Texas Section 524.012 - Department's Determination For Driver's License Suspension
  (a) On receipt of a report under Section 524.011, if the officer did not serve a notice of suspension of driver's license at the time...
• Texas Section 524.013 - Notice Of Department's Determination
  (a) If the department suspends a person's driver's license, the department shall send a notice of suspension by first class mail to the person's address:...
• Texas Section 524.014 - Notice Of Suspension
  A notice of suspension under Section 524.013 must state: (1) the reason and statutory grounds for the suspension; (2) the effective date of the suspension;...

SUBCHAPTER C SUSPENSION PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 524.015 - Effect Of Disposition Of Criminal Charge On Driver's License Suspension
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the disposition of a criminal charge does not affect a driver's license suspension under this chapter and does...
• Texas Section 524.021 - Suspension Effective Date
  (a) A driver's license suspension under this chapter takes effect on the 40th day after the date the person: (1) receives a notice of suspension...
• Texas Section 524.022 - Period Of Suspension
  (a) A period of suspension under this chapter for an adult is: (1) 90 days if the person's driving record shows no alcohol-related or drug-related...

SUBCHAPTER D HEARING AND APPEAL

• Texas Section 524.023 - Application Of Suspension Under Other Laws
  (a) If a person is convicted of an offense under Section 106.041, Alcoholic Beverage Code, or Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code,...
• Texas Section 524.031 - Hearing Request
  If, not later than the 15th day after the date on which the person receives notice of suspension under Section 524.011 or is presumed to...
• Texas Section 524.032 - Hearing Date; Rescheduling
  (a) A hearing requested under this subchapter shall be held not earlier than the 11th day after the date on which the person requesting the...
• Texas Section 524.033 - State Office Of Administrative Hearings
  (a) A hearing under this subchapter shall be heard by an administrative law judge employed by the State Office of Administrative Hearings. (b) The State...
• Texas Section 524.034 - Hearing Location
  A hearing under this subchapter shall be held: (1) at a location designated by the State Office of Administrative Hearings: (A) in the county of...
• Texas Section 524.035 - Hearing
  (a) The issues that must be proved at a hearing by a preponderance of the evidence are: (1) whether: (A) the person had an alcohol...
• Texas Section 524.036 - Failure To Appear
  A person who requests a hearing and fails to appear without just cause waives the right to a hearing and the department's determination is final....
• Texas Section 524.037 - Continuance
  (a) A continuance under Section 524.032 stays the suspension of a driver's license until the date of the final decision of the administrative law judge....
• Texas Section 524.038 - Instrument Reliability And Analysis Validity
  (a) The reliability of an instrument used to take or analyze a specimen of a person's breath to determine alcohol concentration and the validity of...
• Texas Section 524.039 - Appearance Of Technicians At Hearing
  (a) Not later than the fifth day before the date of a scheduled hearing, the person who requested a hearing may apply to the State...
• Texas Section 524.040 - Notice Requirements
  (a) Notice required to be provided by the department under this subchapter may be given by telephone or other electronic means. If notice is given...
• Texas Section 524.041 - Appeal From Administrative Hearing
  (a) A person whose driver's license suspension is sustained may appeal the decision by filing a petition not later than the 30th day after the...
• Texas Section 524.042 - Stay Of Suspension On Appeal
  (a) A suspension of a driver's license under this chapter is stayed on the filing of an appeal petition only if: (1) the person's driver's...
• Texas Section 524.043 - Review; Additional Evidence
  (a) Review on appeal is on the record certified by the State Office of Administrative Hearings with no additional testimony. (b) On appeal, a party...

SUBCHAPTER E REINSTATEMENT AND REISSUANCE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE

• Texas Section 524.044 - Transcript Of Administrative Hearing
  (a) To obtain a transcript of an administrative hearing, the party who appeals the administrative law judge's decision must apply to the State Office of...
• Texas Section 524.051 - Reinstatement And Reissuance
  (a) A driver's license suspended under this chapter may not be reinstated or another driver's license issued to the person until the person pays the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016