Texas Laws: Transportation Code
Chapter 524 Administrative Suspension of Driver's License For
Failure To Pass Test For Intoxication
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Adult" means an individual 21 years of age or older. (2) "Alcohol concentration" has the meaning assigned by Section 49.01, Penal ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.002 - Rules; Application of Administrative Procedure Act
(a) The department and the State Office of Administrative Hearings shall adopt rules to administer this chapter. (b) Chapter 2001, Government Code, applies to a ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.011 - Officer's Duties For Driver's License Suspension
(a) An officer arresting a person shall comply with Subsection (b) if: (1) the person is arrested for an offense under Section 49.04, Penal Code, ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.012 - Department's Determination For Driver's License Suspension
(a) On receipt of a report under Section 524.011, if the officer did not serve a notice of suspension of driver's license at the time ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.013 - Notice of Department's Determination
(a) If the department suspends a person's driver's license, the department shall send a notice of suspension by first class mail to the person's address: ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.014 - Notice of Suspension
A notice of suspension under Section 524.013 must state: (1) the reason and statutory grounds for the suspension; (2) the effective date of the suspension; ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.015 - Effect of Disposition of Criminal Charge On Driver's License Suspension
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the disposition of a criminal charge does not affect a driver's license suspension under this chapter and does ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.021 - Suspension Effective Date
(a) A driver's license suspension under this chapter takes effect on the 40th day after the date the person: (1) receives a notice of suspension ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.022 - Period of Suspension
(a) A period of suspension under this chapter for an adult is: (1) 90 days if the person's driving record shows no alcohol-related or drug-related ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.023 - Application of Suspension Under Other Laws
(a) If a person is convicted of an offense under Section 106.041, Alcoholic Beverage Code, or Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, and if ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.031 - Hearing Request
If, not later than the 15th day after the date on which the person receives notice of suspension under Section 524.011 or is presumed to ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.032 - Hearing Date; Rescheduling
(a) A hearing requested under this subchapter shall be held not earlier than the 11th day after the date on which the person requesting the ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.033 - State Office of Administrative Hearings
(a) A hearing under this subchapter shall be heard by an administrative law judge employed by the State Office of Administrative Hearings. (b) The State ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.034 - Hearing Location
A hearing under this subchapter shall be held: (1) at a location designated by the State Office of Administrative Hearings: (A) in the county of ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.035 - Hearing
(a) The issues that must be proved at a hearing by a preponderance of the evidence are: (1) whether: (A) the person had an alcohol ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.036 - Failure To Appear
A person who requests a hearing and fails to appear without just cause waives the right to a hearing and the department's determination is final. ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.037 - Continuance
(a) A continuance under Section 524.032 stays the suspension of a driver's license until the date of the final decision of the administrative law judge. ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.038 - Instrument Reliability and Analysis Validity
(a) The reliability of an instrument used to take or analyze a specimen of a person's breath to determine alcohol concentration and the validity of ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.039 - Appearance of Technicians At Hearing
(a) Notwithstanding Section 524.038, if not later than the fifth day before the date of a scheduled hearing the department receives from the person who ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.040 - Notice Requirements
(a) Notice required to be provided by the department under this subchapter may be given by telephone or other electronic means. If notice is given ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.041 - Appeal From Administrative Hearing
(a) A person whose driver's license suspension is sustained may appeal the decision by filing a petition not later than the 30th day after the ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.042 - Stay of Suspension On Appeal
(a) A suspension of a driver's license under this chapter is stayed on the filing of an appeal petition only if: (1) the person's driver's ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.043 - Review; Additional Evidence
(a) Review on appeal is on the record certified by the State Office of Administrative Hearings with no additional testimony. (b) On appeal, a party ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.044 - Transcript of Administrative Hearing
(a) To obtain a transcript of an administrative hearing, the party who appeals the administrative law judge's decision must apply to the State Office of ...
- Texas Transportation Code Section 524.051 - Reinstatement and Reissuance
(a) A driver's license suspended under this chapter may not be reinstated or another driver's license issued to the person until the person pays the ...
