{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.351","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 521.351","heading":"PURCHASE OF ALCOHOL FOR MINOR OR FURNISHING ALCOHOL TO MINOR: AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION; LICENSE DENIAL.","body":"(a) A person's driver's license is automatically suspended on final conviction of an offense under Section 106.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code.\n(b) The department may not issue a driver's license to a person convicted of an offense under Section 106.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, who, on the date of the conviction, did not hold a driver's license.\n(c) The period of suspension under this section is the 180 days after the date of a final conviction, and the period of license denial is the 180 days after the date the person applies to the department for reinstatement or issuance of a driver's license, unless the person has previously been denied a license under this section or had a license suspended, in which event the period of suspension is one year after the date of a final conviction, and the period of license denial is one year after the date the person applies to the department for reinstatement or issuance of a driver's license.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1056 (H.B. 1357), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.","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 O. AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm#521.351","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"63ec889e20be8a96431fce51468c53456e851c81398f9def7ef283db4cd43fb5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.350","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.371"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}