85R2104 AJZ-D     By: Dale H.B. No. 459       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the suspension of a driver's license for the failure to   pay a surcharge.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 708.151(c), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (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 may be [are] suspended by a justice   of the peace.          SECTION 2.  Section 708.152(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (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 of a surcharge on the person's license or fails to enter into   an installment payment agreement with the department, the   department shall notify the justice of the peace of the precinct in   which the person resides [license of the person is automatically   suspended]. The department may not notify the justice of the peace   [A person's license may not be suspended] under this section before   the 105th day after the date the surcharge was assessed by the   department.  The justice of the peace may order the department to   suspend the person's license for nonpayment of the surcharge.          SECTION 3.  Section 708.154(b), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  If a surcharge or a related cost is paid by credit card   and the amount is subsequently reversed by the issuer of the credit   card, the department shall notify the justice of the peace of the   precinct in which the person resides [license of the person is   automatically suspended]. The justice of the peace may order the   department to suspend the person's license for nonpayment of the   surcharge.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.