HBA-SEP S.B. 1033 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1033
By: Ellis, Rodney
Criminal Jurisprudence
5/2/2001
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the $100 fee for reinstatement of a person's suspended driver's
license under an administrative license revocation proceeding is
appropriated to the Department of Public Safety (DPS).  Subsequently, DPS
uses a portion of the reinstatement funds to contract with the State Office
of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) to conduct hearings.  Senate Bill 1033
increases the fee to $125.  

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. 

ANALYSIS

Senate Bill 1033 amends the Transportation Code to increase, from $100 to
$125, the fee that accompanies the reinstatement of a driver's license or
the issuance of another driver's license to a  person whose driver's
license was suspended for failing to pass a test for intoxication or
refusing to consent to the taking of a specimen.  

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.