Texas Transportation Code Title 7, Chapter 708 - Driver Responsibility Program

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 708.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter, "department" and "license" have the meanings assigned by Section 521.001. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 10.01, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 708.002 - Rules
  The department shall adopt and enforce rules to implement and enforce this chapter. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 10.01, eff. Sept....

SUBCHAPTER B DRIVER'S LICENSE POINTS SURCHARGE

• Texas Section 708.003 - Final Convictions
  For purposes of this chapter, a conviction for an offense to which this chapter applies is a final conviction, regardless of whether the sentence is...
• Texas Section 708.051 - Nonapplicability
  This subchapter does not apply to: (1) an offense committed before September 1, 2003; or (2) an offense covered by Subchapter C. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 708.052 - Assignment Of Points For Certain Convictions
  (a) The driver's license of a person accumulates a point under this subchapter as of the date the department records a conviction of the person...
• Texas Section 708.053 - Annual Surcharge For Points
  Each year, the department shall assess a surcharge on the license of a person who has accumulated six or more points under this subchapter during...
• Texas Section 708.054 - Amount Of Points Surcharge
  The amount of a surcharge under this chapter is $100 for the first six points and $25 for each additional point. Added by Acts 2003,...
• Texas Section 708.055 - Notice Of Assignment Of Fifth Point
  The department shall notify the holder of a driver's license of the assignment of a fifth point on that license by first class mail sent...

SUBCHAPTER C SURCHARGES FOR CERTAIN CONVICTIONS AND LICENSE SUSPENSIONS

• Texas Section 708.056 - Deduction Of Points
  The department by rule shall establish a procedure to provide for the deduction of one point accumulated by a person under this subchapter to account...
• Texas Section 708.101 - Nonapplicability
  This subchapter does not apply to an offense committed before September 1, 2003. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1325, Sec. 10.01, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 708.102 - Surcharge For Conviction Of Certain Intoxicated Driver Offenses
  (a) In this section, "offense relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.09, Penal Code. (b)...
• Texas Section 708.103 - Surcharge For Conviction Of Driving While License Invalid Or Without Financial Responsibility
  (a) Each year the department shall assess a surcharge on the license of each person who during the preceding 36-month period has been convicted of...
• Texas Section 708.104 - Surcharge For Conviction Of Driving Without Valid License
  (a) Each year the department shall assess a surcharge on the license of a person who during the preceding 36-month period has been convicted of...
• Texas Section 708.105 - Notice Of Potential Surcharge
  (a) A citation issued for an offense under a traffic law of this state or a political subdivision of this state must include, in type...

SUBCHAPTER D COLLECTION OF SURCHARGES

• Texas Section 708.106 - Deferral Of Surcharges For Deployed Military Personnel
  The department by rule shall establish a deferral program for surcharges assessed under Section 708.103 or 708.104 against a person who is a member of...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 708.152 - Failure To Pay Surcharge
  (a) If on the 60th day after the date the department sends a second notice under Section 708.151 the person fails to pay the amount...
• Texas Section 708.153 - Installment Payment Of Surcharge
  (a) The department by rule shall provide for the payment of a surcharge in installments. (b) A rule under this section: (1) may not require...
• Texas Section 708.154 - Credit Card Payment Of Surcharge
  (a) The department by rule may authorize the payment of a surcharge by use of a credit card. The rules shall require the person to...
• Texas Section 708.155 - Contracts For Collection Of Surcharges
  (a) The department may enter into a contract with a private attorney or a public or private vendor for the provision of services for the...
• Texas Section 708.156 - Remittance Of Surcharges Collected To Comptroller
  Each surcharge collected by the department under this chapter shall be remitted to the comptroller as required by Section 780.002, Health and Safety Code. Added...
• Texas Section 708.157 - Amnesty And Incentives
  (a) The department by rule may establish a periodic amnesty program for holders of a driver's license on which a surcharge has been assessed for...
• Texas Section 708.158 - Indigent Status And Reduction Of Surcharges
  (a) The department shall waive all surcharges assessed under this chapter for a person who is indigent. For the purposes of this section, a person...
• Texas Section 708.159 - Advance Payment Of Surcharges
  (a) The department shall offer an option for a single up-front payment to a person who is assessed an annual surcharge under this chapter to...

Last modified: September 28, 2016