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Tex. Transportation Code § 521.202: INELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE BASED ON CERTAIN CONVICTIONS.
Where this section sits in the code
- TRANSPORTATION CODE
- TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
- SUBTITLE B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS
- CHAPTER 521. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES
- SUBCHAPTER J. PERSONS INELIGIBLE FOR LICENSE
(a) Unless the period of suspension that would have applied if the person held a license at the time of the conviction has expired, the department may not issue a license to a person convicted of an offense:
(1) described by Section 49.04, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code; or
(2) to which Section 521.342(a) applies.
(b) Until the period specified in the juvenile court order has expired, the department may not issue a license to a person if the department has been ordered by a juvenile court under Section 54.042, Family Code, to deny the person a license.
(c) A person does not have a privilege to operate a vehicle in this state during a period of suspension under Subsection (a) or (b) if the department is prohibited from issuing a license to that person.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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