Tex.
Transp. Code Section 524.023
Application of Suspension Under Other Laws
(a)
If a person is convicted of an offense under Section 106.041 (Driving or Operating Watercraft Under the Influence of Alcohol by Minor), Alcoholic Beverage Code, or Section 49.04 (Driving While Intoxicated), 49.045 (Driving While Intoxicated with Child Passenger), 49.06 (Boating While Intoxicated), 49.061 (Boating While Intoxicated with Child Passenger), 49.07 (Intoxication Assault), or 49.08 (Intoxication Manslaughter), Penal Code, and if any conduct on which that conviction is based is a ground for a driver’s license suspension under this chapter and Section 106.041 (Driving or Operating Watercraft Under the Influence of Alcohol by Minor), Alcoholic Beverage Code, Subchapter O, Chapter 521, or Subchapter H, Chapter 522, each of the suspensions shall be imposed.(b)
The court imposing a driver’s license suspension under Section 106.041 (Driving or Operating Watercraft Under the Influence of Alcohol by Minor), Alcoholic Beverage Code, or Chapter 521 or 522 as required by Subsection (a) shall credit a period of suspension imposed under this chapter toward the period of suspension required under Section 106.041 (Driving or Operating Watercraft Under the Influence of Alcohol by Minor), Alcoholic Beverage Code, or Subchapter O, Chapter 521, or Subchapter H, Chapter 522, unless the person was convicted of an offense under Article 6701l-1, Revised Statutes, as that law existed before September 1, 1994, Section 19.05 (Criminally Negligent Homicide)(a)(2), Penal Code, as that law existed before September 1, 1994, Section 49.04 (Driving While Intoxicated), 49.045 (Driving While Intoxicated with Child Passenger), 49.06 (Boating While Intoxicated), 49.061 (Boating While Intoxicated with Child Passenger), 49.07 (Intoxication Assault), or 49.08 (Intoxication Manslaughter), Penal Code, or Section 106.041 (Driving or Operating Watercraft Under the Influence of Alcohol by Minor), Alcoholic Beverage Code, before the date of the conviction on which the suspension is based, in which event credit may not be given.
Source:
Section 524.023 — Application of Suspension Under Other Laws, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.524.htm#524.023 (accessed Apr. 13, 2024).
