Sec. 601.340. EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OR SUSPENSION OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION FOLLOWING SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), the department shall suspend the registration of each motor vehicle registered in the name of a person if the department:
(1) under any state law, other than Section 521.341(7), suspends or revokes the person's driver's license on receipt of a record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail; or
(2) receives a record of a guilty plea of the person entered for an offense for which the department would be required to suspend the driver's license of a person convicted of the offense.
(b) The department, unless otherwise required by law, may not suspend a registration under Subsection (a) if the person files and maintains evidence of financial responsibility with the department for each motor vehicle registered in the name of the person.
(c) This section does not apply to a suspension of a driver's license for an offense under Chapter 106, Alcoholic Beverage Code, other than an offense that includes confinement as an authorized sanction.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.128, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1013, Sec. 30, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 20.006, eff. September 1, 2005.
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