85R9628 AJZ-D     By: Burns H.B. No. 3609       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the administrative and civil consequences imposed by   the Department of Public Safety.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 521.042, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:          (f)  Except as provided by Subsection (g), the department may   not consider a record of a conviction of a license holder that is   received by the department after the first anniversary of the date   of the conviction in a decision to impose an enforcement action   against the license holder, including a decision to:                (1)  suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of the license   holder's driver's license; or                 (2)  assign points to the license holder's driver's   license under Section 708.052.          (g)  The department may consider a record of a conviction of   a license holder that is received by the department after the first   anniversary of the date of the conviction in a decision to impose an   enforcement action against the license holder if:                (1)  the license holder:                      (A)  is a commercial driver's license holder or   was a commercial driver's license holder at the time of the offense;                       (B)  was operating a commercial motor vehicle at   the time of the offense; or                      (C)  was operating a motor vehicle and   transporting a hazardous material at the time of the offense; or                (2)  the conviction is for an offense under Chapter 49,   Penal Code.          SECTION 2.  Section 524.051(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  After a [A] driver's license suspension [suspended]   under this chapter has ended, the license may not be reinstated or   another driver's license issued to the person until the person pays   the department a fee of $125 in addition to any other fee required   by law.          SECTION 3.  Section 724.046(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  After a [A] license suspension [suspended] under this   chapter has ended, the license may not be reinstated or a new   license issued until the person whose license has been suspended   pays to the department a fee of $125 in addition to any other fee   required by law. A person subject to a denial order issued under   this chapter may not, after the period of denial has ended, obtain a   license [after the period of denial has ended] until the person pays   to the department a fee of $125 in addition to any other fee   required by law.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.