Section 521.372 - Suspension Or License Denial(a) A person's driver's license is automatically suspended on final conviction of: (1) an offense under the Controlled Substances Act; (2) a felony drug offense; (3) a misdemeanor drug offense, if the person has been previously convicted of a drug offense committed less than 36 months before the commission of the instant offense; or (4) a felony under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, that is not a drug offense. (b) The department may not issue a driver's license to a person convicted of an offense specified in Subsection (a) who, on the date of the conviction, did not hold a driver's license. (b-1) Except as provided by Subsection (a)(3), the court may order that the department suspend the license of a person who holds a license at the time of final conviction of a misdemeanor drug offense if the court makes a written determination that the suspension is in the interest of public safety. (c) Except as provided by Section 521.374(b), the period of suspension or license denial under this section is 90 days after the date of a final conviction.Tex. Transp. Code § 521.372
Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 543,Sec. 1.03, eff. per the terms of Sec. 3.03(2/25/2023).Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1995.Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 543,Sec. 3.03provides: Article 1 of this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date the office of the attorney general publishes in the Texas Register a finding that: (1) the legislature of this state has adopted a resolution expressing the legislature's opposition to a law meeting the requirements of 23 U.S.C. Section 159 in suspending, revoking, or denying the driver's license of a person convicted of a drug offense for a period of six months; (2) the governor has submitted to the United States secretary of transportation: (A) a written certification of the governor's opposition to the enactment or enforcement of a law required under 23 U.S.C. Section 159; and (B) a written certification that the legislature has adopted the resolution described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection; and (3) the United States secretary of transportation has responded to the governor's submission and certified that highway funds will not be withheld from this state in response to the modification or full or partial repeal of the law required under 23 U.S.C. Section 159. (c) On the 180th day after the date described in Subsection (b) of this section, the Department of Public Safety shall reinstate any driver's license that: (1) was suspended under Section 521.372, Transportation Code, before the date described by Subsection (b) of this section; and (2) remains subject to suspension under that section on the 180th day after the date described in Subsection (b) of this section.(2/25/2023)