Texas Transportation Code 524.022 – Period of Suspension
(a) A period of suspension under this chapter for an adult is:
(1) 90 days if the person‘s driving record shows no alcohol-related or drug-related enforcement contact during the 10 years preceding the date of the person’s arrest; or
(2) one year if the person’s driving record shows one or more alcohol-related or drug-related enforcement contacts during the 10 years preceding the date of the person’s arrest.
(b) A period of suspension under this chapter for a minor is:
(1) 60 days if the minor has not been previously convicted of an offense under § 106.041, Alcoholic Beverage Code, or § 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, or 49.061, Penal Code, or an offense under § 49.07 or 49.08, Penal Code, involving the operation of a motor vehicle or a watercraft;
(2) 120 days if the minor has been previously convicted once of an offense listed by Subdivision (1); or
(3) 180 days if the minor has been previously convicted twice or more of an offense listed by Subdivision (1).
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 524.022
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- 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) For the purposes of determining whether a minor has been previously convicted of an offense described by Subsection (b)(1):
(1) an adjudication under Title 3, Family Code, that the minor engaged in conduct described by Subsection (b)(1) is considered a conviction under that provision; and
(2) an order of deferred adjudication for an offense alleged under a provision described by Subsection (b)(1) is considered a conviction of an offense under that provision.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (H.B. 291), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2023.