Tex. Codes » Transportation Code · TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · SUBTITLE B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS · CHAPTER 524. ADMINISTRATIVE SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR FAILURE TO PASS TEST FOR INTOXICATION
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Tex. Transp. Code § 524.012 (2026)

Department's Determination For Driver's License Suspension

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Sec. 524.012. DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION FOR DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION. (a) On receipt of a report under Section 524.011, if the officer did not serve a notice of suspension of driver's license at the time the results of the analysis of a breath or blood specimen were obtained, the department shall determine from the information in the report whether to suspend the person's driver's license.

(b) The department shall suspend the person's driver's license if the department determines that:

(1) the person had an alcohol concentration of a level specified by Section 49.01(2)(B), Penal Code, while operating a motor vehicle in a public place or while operating a watercraft; or

(2) the person was a minor on the date that the breath or blood specimen was obtained and had any detectable amount of alcohol in the minor's system while operating a motor vehicle in a public place or while operating a watercraft.

(c) The department may not suspend a person's driver's license if:

(1) the person is an adult and the analysis of the person's breath or blood specimen determined that the person had an alcohol concentration of a level below that specified by Section 49.01(2)(B), Penal Code, at the time the specimen was taken; or

(2) the person is a minor and the department does not determine that the minor had any detectable amount of alcohol in the minor's system when the minor was arrested.

(d) A determination under this section is final unless a hearing is requested under Section 524.031.

(e) A determination under this section:

(1) is a civil matter;

(2) is independent of and is not an estoppel to any matter in issue in an adjudication of a criminal charge arising from the occurrence that is the basis for the suspension; and

(3) does not preclude litigation of the same or similar facts in a criminal prosecution.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.102, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1013, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1348 (S.B. 328), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2009.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 56 cases, 1996–2019 · leading case: Mireles v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 993 S.W.2d 426 (Tex. App. 1999).
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Mireles v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 993 S.W.2d 426 (Tex. App. 1999). · cites it 5× “” Tex. TRansp. Code Ann. § 524.012 (b)(1) (Vernon 1999) (emphasis added).”
Ex Parte Serna, 957 S.W.2d 598 (Tex. App. 1997). · cites it 6× “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. §§ 524.012, 524.035 (Vernon 1997).”
State v. Villarreal, David, 475 S.W.3d 784 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014). “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.012 (West 2013).”
Zaborac v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 168 S.W.3d 222 (Tex. App. 2005). · cites it 3× “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.012 (b)(2) (Vernon 1999).”
Ex Parte Pipkin, 935 S.W.2d 213 (Tex. App. 1996). · cites it 2× “Tex.TRANSp.Code Ann. § 524.012(e)(1) (Vernon Pamph.”
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Caruana, 363 S.W.3d 606 (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.012 (b)(1) (West Supp.”
Ex Parte Avilez, 929 S.W.2d 677 (Tex. App. 1996). · cites it 3× “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.012 (b) (Vernon 1996).”
Ex Parte Gregerman, 974 S.W.2d 800 (Tex. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “Laws 1025 , 1871; Tex Transp. Code Ann. § 524.012 historical note (Vernon Pamph.”
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Stacy, 954 S.W.2d 80 (Tex. App. 1997). “See Tex. TRAnsp. Code Ann. § 524.012 (b) (Vernon 1997).”
Todd v. State, 956 S.W.2d 777 (Tex. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. §§ 524.012 (e), 724.”
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Rolfe, 986 S.W.2d 823 (Tex. App. 1999). “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.012 (West 1999) (directing when Department must suspend driver’s license for driving while legally intoxicated).”
Blankenbeker v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 990 S.W.2d 813 (Tex. App. 1999). “04 (West 1994) (DWI) with Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.012 (West 1998) (license suspension).”
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— Tex. Transp. Code § 524.012(a) — 1 case
Mireles v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 993 S.W.2d 426 (Tex. App. 1999). “” Tex. TRansp. Code Ann. § 524.012 (b)(1) (Vernon 1999) (emphasis added).”
— Tex. Transp. Code § 524.012(b) — 1 case
Chidyausiku, Walter Tendai (Tex. App. 2015).
— Tex. Transp. Code § 524.012(b)(1) — 10 cases
Mireles v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 993 S.W.2d 426 (Tex. App. 1999). “” Tex. TRansp. Code Ann. § 524.012 (b)(1) (Vernon 1999) (emphasis added).”
Moore, Laura Denise (Tex. 2015).
Moore, Laura Denise (Tex. 2015).
Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Claudia Renee Taunton (Tex. App. 2019).
Robert Franklin Hodge v. Tex. Dept of Pub. Saf. (Tex. App. 2013).
— Tex. Transp. Code § 524.012(b)(l) — 1 case
Munoz, Vicente (Tex. App. 2015).
— Tex. Transp. Code § 524.012(c) — 1 case
Mireles v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 993 S.W.2d 426 (Tex. App. 1999). “” Tex. TRansp. Code Ann. § 524.012 (b)(1) (Vernon 1999) (emphasis added).”
— Tex. Transp. Code § 524.012(c)(1) — 1 case
Robert Henneke v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. (Tex. App. 2018).
— Tex. Transp. Code § 524.012(d) — 1 case
Ex Parte Richards, 968 S.W.2d 567 (Tex. App. 1998).
— Tex. Transp. Code § 524.012(e) — 3 cases
Ex Parte Serna, 957 S.W.2d 598 (Tex. App. 1997). “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. §§ 524.012, 524.035 (Vernon 1997).”
Ex Parte Gregerman, 974 S.W.2d 800 (Tex. App. 1998). “Laws 1025 , 1871; Tex Transp. Code Ann. § 524.012 historical note (Vernon Pamph.”
Todd v. State, 956 S.W.2d 777 (Tex. App. 1997). “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. §§ 524.012 (e), 724.”
— Tex. Transp. Code § 524.012(e)(1) — 3 cases
Ex Parte Pipkin, 935 S.W.2d 213 (Tex. App. 1996). “Tex.TRANSp.Code Ann. § 524.012(e)(1) (Vernon Pamph.”
Ex Parte Campos, 936 S.W.2d 23 (Tex. App. 1996).
Robert Franklin Hodge v. Tex. Dept of Pub. Saf. (Tex. App. 2013).
— Tex. Transp. Code § 524.012(e)(2) — 1 case
Ex Parte Pipkin, 935 S.W.2d 213 (Tex. App. 1996). “Tex.TRANSp.Code Ann. § 524.012(e)(1) (Vernon Pamph.”
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