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            S.B. No. 347
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the extension of a driver's license suspension or 
         
            disqualification following certain convictions.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 521.343(c), Transportation Code, is 
         
            amended to read as follows:
         
                   (c)  If the license holder is convicted of operating a motor 
         
            vehicle while the license to operate a motor vehicle is cancelled, 
         
            disqualified, suspended, revoked, or denied, the period is extended 
         
            for 90 days [the same term as the original suspension or 
         
            disqualification], in addition to any penalty assessed under this 
         
            chapter or Chapter 522.
         
                   SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
         
            to a determination of suspension or disqualification made by the 
         
            Department of Public Safety on or after the effective date of this 
         
            Act.  A determination made before the effective date of this Act is 
         
            governed by the law in effect when the determination was made, and 
         
            the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         
                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
               President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House     
         
                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 347 passed the Senate on 
         
            March 22, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate    
         
                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 347 passed the House on 
         
            May 9, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 3, two present 
         
            not voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House   
         
            Approved:
         
            ______________________________ 
         
                        Date
         
            ______________________________ 
         
                      Governor
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Transportation Code 521.343 (Transportation Code 521)
Senate Committee Report: Transportation Code 521.343 (Transportation Code 521)
Engrossed: Transportation Code 521.343 (Transportation Code 521)
House Committee Report: Transportation Code 521.343 (Transportation Code 521)
Enrolled: Transportation Code 521.343 (Transportation Code 521)




	AN ACT
	relating to the extension of a driver's license suspension or
	disqualification following certain convictions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 521.343(c), Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(c) If the license holder is convicted of operating a motor
	vehicle while the license to operate a motor vehicle is cancelled,
	disqualified, suspended, revoked, or denied, the period is extended
	for 90 days [~~the same term as the original suspension or~~
	~~disqualification~~], in addition to any penalty assessed under this
	chapter or Chapter 522.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to a determination of suspension or disqualification made by the
	Department of Public Safety on or after the effective date of this
	Act. A determination made before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect when the determination was made, and
	the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.





	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 347 passed the Senate on
	March 22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.


	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 347 passed the House on
	May 9, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 3, two present
	not voting.


	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House



	Approved:

	______________________________
	Date


	______________________________
	Governor