SB 2085

relating to prohibiting the denial of a driver's license renewal
for failure to appear in court, failure to pay a fine or cost, or
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 133.124, Local Government Code, is
Sec. 133.124.  ALLOCATION OF FEES TO TRANSPORTATION
ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ACCOUNT.  The transportation administrative fee
account is an account in the general revenue fund.  The account
consists of money allocated to the account under Section
133.102(e).  [Money in the account may be appropriated only to the
Department of Public Safety to defray the administrative costs
associated with implementing Chapter 706, Transportation Code.]
SECTION 2.  Section 521.042(f), Transportation Code, is
(f)  Except as provided by Subsection (g) [and Chapter 706],
the department may not consider a record of a conviction of a
license holder that is received by the department after the first
anniversary of the date of the conviction in a decision to impose an
enforcement action against the license holder, including a decision
to suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of the license holder's driver's
SECTION 3.  The following provisions of the Transportation
SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.