Relating to prohibiting the denial of a driver's license renewal for failure to appear in court, failure to pay a fine or cost, or failure to satisfy a judgment.

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to prohibiting the denial of a driver's license renewal for failure to appear in court, failure to pay a fine or cost, or failure to satisfy a judgment.

Relating to prohibiting the denial of a driver's license renewal for failure to appear in court, failure to pay a fine or cost, or failure to satisfy a judgment.

What This Bill Does

• Relating to prohibiting the denial of a driver's license renewal for failure to appear in court, failure to pay a fine or cost, or failure to satisfy a judgment.

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Official Summary Text

Relating to prohibiting the denial of a driver's license renewal for failure to appear in court, failure to pay a fine or cost, or failure to satisfy a judgment.

Current Bill Text

89(R) HB 2609 - Introduced version - Bill Text

By: Bernal

H.B. No. 2609

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to prohibiting the denial of a driver's license renewal

for failure to appear in court, failure to pay a fine or cost, or

failure to satisfy a judgment.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 133.124, Local Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 133.124. ALLOCATION OF FEES TO TRANSPORTATION

ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ACCOUNT. The transportation administrative fee

account is an account in the general revenue fund. The account

consists of money allocated to the account under Section

133.102(e). [
Money in the account may be appropriated only to the

Department of Public Safety to defray the administrative costs

associated with implementing Chapter 706, Transportation Code.
]

SECTION 2. The following provisions of the Transportation

Code are repealed:

(1) Section 521.317;

(2) Section 521.3452(b); and

(3) Chapter 706.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.