{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.2465","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 521.2465","heading":"RESTRICTED LICENSE.","body":"(a) On receipt of notice that a person has been restricted to the use of a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device, the department shall notify that person that the person's driver's license expires on the 30th day after the date of the notice. On application by the person and payment of a fee of $10, the department shall issue a special restricted license that conspicuously indicates that the person is authorized to operate only a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device.\n(a-1) The notice provided to the person by the department under Subsection (a) may be provided by:\n(1) first class mail; or\n(2) e-mail if the person has provided an e-mail address to the department and has elected to receive notice electronically.\n(b) On receipt of a copy of a court order removing the restriction or at the end of the period of suspension, as applicable, the department shall issue the person a driver's license without the restriction.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.85(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1067 (H.B. 2246), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1079 (H.B. 3376), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (H.B. 291), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS","CHAPTER 521. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES","SUBCHAPTER L. OCCUPATIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm#521.2465","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"280306cfe0288d7908da7703fbe60c1656ecce9776f83601f2927d92fb8a6935","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.2462","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.247"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}