{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-601.231","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 601.231","heading":"SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE.","body":"(a) If a person is convicted of an offense under Section 601.191 and a prior conviction of that person under that section has been reported to the department by a magistrate or the judge or clerk of a court, the department shall suspend the driver's license of the person unless the person files and maintains evidence of financial responsibility with the department until the second anniversary of the date of the subsequent conviction.\n(b) The department may waive the requirement of maintaining evidence of financial responsibility under Subsection (a) if satisfactory evidence is filed with the department showing that at the time of arrest the person was in compliance with the financial responsibility requirement of Section 601.051 or was exempt from that section under Section 601.007 or 601.052(a)(3).\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 598 (H.B. 3224), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 598 (H.B. 3224), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE D. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY","CHAPTER 601. MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY ACT","SUBCHAPTER H. FAILURE TO MAINTAIN EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.601.htm#601.231","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"18c33bbe26c0cbf2b0b065765472824d68de0a8f7e4272ccbcd152e90242effc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-601.195","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-601.232"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}