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Tex. Transp. Code § 601.233

NOTICE OF POTENTIAL SUSPENSION

Known as the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act

The act spans §§ 601.001 to 601.455 (104 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Sparkman v. State (1999)

Most recently applied in Sparkman v. State (July 1999)

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A citation for an offense under Section 601.191 issued as a result of Section 601.053 must include, in type larger than other type on the citation, the following statement:

"A second or subsequent conviction of an offense under the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act will result in the suspension of your driver's license unless you file and maintain evidence of financial responsibility with the Department of Public Safety for two years from the date of conviction. The department may waive the requirement to file evidence of financial responsibility if you file satisfactory evidence with the department showing that at the time this citation was issued, the vehicle was covered by a motor vehicle liability insurance policy or that you were otherwise exempt from the requirements to provide evidence of financial responsibility."

(b) A judge presiding at a trial at which a person is convicted of an offense under Section 601.191 shall notify the person that the person's driver's license is subject to suspension if the person fails to provide to the department evidence of financial responsibility as required by Section 601.231.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.