Texas Transportation Code 521.351 – Purchase of Alcohol for Minor or Furnishing Alcohol to Minor: Automatic Suspension; License Denial
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(a) A person‘s driver’s license is automatically suspended on final conviction of an offense under § 106.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
(b) The department may not issue a driver’s license to a person convicted of an offense under § 106.06, Alcoholic Beverage Code, who, on the date of the conviction, did not hold a driver’s license.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 521.351
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(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.