{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.253","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 521.253","heading":"CRIMINAL OFFENSE; PENALTY.","body":"(a) A person who holds an occupational driver's license commits an offense if the person:\n(1) operates a motor vehicle in violation of a restriction imposed on the license; or\n(2) fails to have in the person's possession a certified copy of the court order as required under Section 521.250.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.\n(c) On conviction of an offense under this section, the convicting court shall:\n(1) issue an order revoking the occupational driver's license; and\n(2) deliver the revocation order to the person, the court that issued the order granting the occupational driver's license, and the department.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\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#521.253","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"db277546ad2144d4f471e1a84f1e7aa7b0675b603c42908f074ec0d52aaf1669","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.252","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.271"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}