Tex. Transp. Code § 542.304

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 542.304 - [Effective Until 1/1/2025] Moving Violations for Certain Purposes

(a) The department by rule shall designate the offenses involving the operation of a motor vehicle that constitute a moving violation of the traffic law for the purposes of:

(1) Section 1001.112(b)(4), Education Code;

(2) Section 411.110(f), Government Code; and

(3) Sections 773.0614(b) and 773.06141(a), Health and Safety Code.

(b) The rules must provide that for the purposes of the provisions described in Subsection (a), moving violations:

(1) include:

(A) a violation of the traffic law of this state, another state, or a political subdivision of this or another state; and

(B) an offense under Section 545.412; and

(2) do not include:

(A) an offense committed before September 1, 2003;

(B) the offense of speeding when the person convicted was at the time of the offense driving less than 10 percent faster than the posted speed limit, unless the person committed the offense in a school crossing zone;

(C) an offense adjudicated under Article 45.051 or 45.0511, Code of Criminal Procedure; or

(D) an offense under Section 545.4251.

Tex. Transp. Code § 542.304

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 20.006, eff. September 1, 2021

Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 5.67, eff. September 1, 2021

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2048), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2019.

This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.