Texas § TN.521.349 - ACQUIRING MOTOR FUEL WITHOUT PAYMENT
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§ TN.521.349. ACQUIRING MOTOR FUEL WITHOUT PAYMENT
ACQUIRING MOTOR FUEL WITHOUT PAYMENT: AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION; LICENSE DENIAL. (a) A person's driver's license is automatically suspended on final conviction of an offense under Section 31.03 , Penal Code, if the judgment in the case contains a special affirmative finding under Article 42.019 , Code of Criminal Procedure. (b) The department may not issue a driver's license to a person convicted of an offense specified in Subsection (a) who, on the date of the conviction, did not hold a driver's license. (c) The period of suspension under this section is the 180 days after the date of a final conviction, and the period of license denial is the 180 days after the date the person applies to the department for reinstatement or issuance of a driver's license, unless the person has previously been denied a license under this section or had a license suspended, in which event the period of suspension is one year after the date of a final conviction, and the period of license denial is one year after the date the person applies to the department for reinstatement or issuance of a driver's license. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 359, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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