HBA-DMD H.B. 2032 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2032
By: Kuempel
Public Safety
4/5/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, Department of Public Safety (department) personnel are required
to obtain the driver's license and the vehicle registration of a convicted
person if the person fails to surrender these items after receiving a
notice. This creates time consuming bookkeeping requirements for the
department. H.B. 2032 authorizes the department to require a license holder
who has had a license suspended or revoked by the department to surrender
the license to the department.  This bill authorizes the department to
return a suspended license to the holder on the expiration of the
suspension period. This bill also provides that a person may be required by
the department to send to the department the person's driver's license and
vehicle registration. It authorizes the department to direct a department
employee to obtain and send to the department the driver's license and
vehicle registration of a person who fails to send the person's license or
registration. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 521.308, Transportation Code, to authorize,
rather than require, the Department of Public Safety (department) to
require a license holder who has had the person's license suspended or
revoked by the department to surrender the license to the department.
Authorizes, rather than requires, the department to return a suspended
license to the holder on the expiration of the suspension period. 

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 601.372, Transportation Code, as follows:

(c) Authorizes a person to be required by the department to send the
person's drivers license, rather than requiring the person to send the
driver's license, and vehicle registrations no later than 10 days after
receiving written notice from the department. 

SECTION 3.  Amends Section 601.373, Transportation Code, to authorize,
rather than require, the department to direct a department employee to
obtain and send to the department the driver's license and vehicle
registration of a person who fails to send the person's license or
registration in accordance with Section 601.372. 

SECTION 4.Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 5.Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.