Tex.
Transp. Code Section 521.341
Requirements for Automatic License Suspension
(1)
an offense under Section 19.05 (Criminally Negligent Homicide), Penal Code, committed as a result of the holder’s criminally negligent operation of a motor vehicle;(2)
an offense under Section 38.04 (Evading Arrest or Detention), Penal Code, if the holder used a motor vehicle in the commission of the offense;(3)
an offense under Section 49.04 (Driving While Intoxicated), 49.045 (Driving While Intoxicated with Child Passenger), or 49.08 (Intoxication Manslaughter), Penal Code;(4)
an offense under Section 49.07 (Intoxication Assault), Penal Code, if the holder used a motor vehicle in the commission of the offense;(5)
an offense punishable as a felony under the motor vehicle laws of this state;(6)
an offense under Section 550.021 (Collision Involving Personal Injury or Death);(7)
an offense under Section 521.451 (General Violation) or 521.453 (Fictitious License or Certificate); or(8)
an offense under Section 19.04 (Manslaughter), Penal Code, if the holder used a motor vehicle in the commission of the offense.(1)
an offense under Section 49.04 (Driving While Intoxicated), 49.045 (Driving While Intoxicated with Child Passenger), or 49.07 (Intoxication Assault), Penal Code, committed as a result of the introduction of alcohol into the body;(2)
an offense under the Alcoholic Beverage Code, other than an offense to which Section 106.071 of that code applies, involving the manufacture, delivery, possession, transportation, or use of an alcoholic beverage;(3)
a misdemeanor offense under Chapter 481 (Texas Controlled Substances Act), Health and Safety Code, for which Subchapter P does not require the automatic suspension of the license;(4)
an offense under Chapter 483 (Dangerous Drugs), Health and Safety Code, involving the manufacture, delivery, possession, transportation, or use of a dangerous drug; or(5)
an offense under Chapter 485 (Abusable Volatile Chemicals), Health and Safety Code, involving the manufacture, delivery, possession, transportation, or use of an abusable volatile chemical.(b)
The department shall suspend for one year the license of a person who is under 21 years of age and is convicted of an offense under Section 49.04 (Driving While Intoxicated), 49.045 (Driving While Intoxicated with Child Passenger), 49.07 (Intoxication Assault), or 49.08 (Intoxication Manslaughter), Penal Code, regardless of whether the person is required to attend an educational program under Article 42A.403, Code of Criminal Procedure, that is designed to rehabilitate persons who have operated motor vehicles while intoxicated, unless the person is placed under community supervision under Chapter 42A (Community Supervision), Code of Criminal Procedure, and is required as a condition of the community supervision to not operate a motor vehicle unless the vehicle is equipped with the device described by Article 42A.408 of that chapter. If the person is required to attend such a program and does not complete the program before the end of the person’s suspension, the department shall suspend the person’s license or continue the suspension, as appropriate, until the department receives proof that the person has successfully completed the program. On the person’s successful completion of the program, the person’s instructor shall give notice to the department and to the community supervision and corrections department in the manner provided by Article 42A.406 (Effect of Educational Program Requirements on Driving Record and License)(b), Code of Criminal Procedure.(c)
A person whose license is suspended under Subsection (a) remains eligible to receive an occupational driver’s license under Subchapter L. Suspension under Subsection (a) is not a suspension for physical or mental disability or impairment for purposes of eligibility to apply for an occupational driver’s license under Subchapter L.
Source:
Section 521.341 — Requirements for Automatic License Suspension, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm#521.341
(accessed Apr. 20, 2024).