HBA-DMD H.B. 2032 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2032 By: Kuempel Public Safety 4/5/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, Department of Public Safety (department) personnel are required to obtain the driver's license and the vehicle registration of a convicted person if the person fails to surrender these items after receiving a notice. This creates time consuming bookkeeping requirements for the department. H.B. 2032 authorizes the department to require a license holder who has had a license suspended or revoked by the department to surrender the license to the department. This bill authorizes the department to return a suspended license to the holder on the expiration of the suspension period. This bill also provides that a person may be required by the department to send to the department the person's driver's license and vehicle registration. It authorizes the department to direct a department employee to obtain and send to the department the driver's license and vehicle registration of a person who fails to send the person's license or registration. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 521.308, Transportation Code, to authorize, rather than require, the Department of Public Safety (department) to require a license holder who has had the person's license suspended or revoked by the department to surrender the license to the department. Authorizes, rather than requires, the department to return a suspended license to the holder on the expiration of the suspension period. SECTION 2. Amends Section 601.372, Transportation Code, as follows: (c) Authorizes a person to be required by the department to send the person's drivers license, rather than requiring the person to send the driver's license, and vehicle registrations no later than 10 days after receiving written notice from the department. SECTION 3. Amends Section 601.373, Transportation Code, to authorize, rather than require, the department to direct a department employee to obtain and send to the department the driver's license and vehicle registration of a person who fails to send the person's license or registration in accordance with Section 601.372. SECTION 4.Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 5.Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.