HB2601 - Relating to certain disqualifications from operating a commercial motor vehicle.

  89R9838 SRA-D     By: Holt H.B. No. 2601       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to certain disqualifications from operating a commercial   motor vehicle.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 522.081(a) and (b), Transportation   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  This subsection applies only to a violation committed   while operating [ any motor vehicle, including ] a commercial motor   vehicle.  A person who holds a commercial driver's license or   commercial learner's permit is disqualified from driving a   commercial motor vehicle for:                (1)  60 days if convicted of:                      (A)  two serious traffic violations that occur   within a three-year period; or                      (B)  one violation of a law that regulates the   operation of a motor vehicle at a railroad grade crossing; or                (2)  120 days if convicted of:                      (A)  three serious traffic violations arising   from separate incidents occurring within a three-year period; or                      (B)  two violations of a law that regulates the   operation of a motor vehicle at a railroad grade crossing that occur   within a three-year period.          (b)   This  [ Except as provided by this subsection, this ]   subsection applies only to a violation committed while operating   [ any type of motor vehicle, including ] a commercial motor vehicle.     A person who holds a commercial driver's license or commercial   learner's permit is disqualified from driving a commercial motor   vehicle for one year:                (1)  if convicted of three violations of a law that   regulates the operation of a motor vehicle at a railroad grade   crossing that occur within a three-year period;                (2)  on first conviction of:                      (A)  driving a motor vehicle under the influence   of alcohol or a controlled substance, including a violation of   Section 49.04, 49.045, or 49.07, Penal Code;                      (B)  leaving the scene of a collision involving a   motor vehicle driven by the person;                      (C)  using a motor vehicle in the commission of a   felony, other than a felony described by Subsection (d)(2);                      (D)  causing the death of another person through   the negligent or criminal operation of a motor vehicle; or                      (E)  driving a commercial motor vehicle while the   person's commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit   is revoked, suspended, or canceled, or while the person is   disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle, for an action   or conduct that occurred while operating a commercial motor   vehicle;                (3)  for refusing to submit to a test under Chapter 724   to determine the person's alcohol concentration or the presence in   the person's body of a controlled substance or drug while operating   a motor vehicle in a public place; or                (4)  if an analysis of the person's blood, breath, or   urine under Chapter 522, 524, or 724 determines that the person:                      (A)  had an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or more,   or that a controlled substance or drug was present in the person's   body, while operating a commercial motor vehicle in a public place;   or                      (B)  had an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more   while operating a motor vehicle, other than a commercial motor   vehicle, in a public place.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.