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Tex. Transp. Code § 524.022 (2026)

Period Of Suspension

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Sec. 524.022. PERIOD OF SUSPENSION. (a) A period of suspension under this chapter for an adult is:

(1) 90 days if the person's driving record shows no alcohol-related or drug-related enforcement contact during the 10 years preceding the date of the person's arrest; or

(2) one year if the person's driving record shows one or more alcohol-related or drug-related enforcement contacts during the 10 years preceding the date of the person's arrest.

(b) A period of suspension under this chapter for a minor is:

(1) 60 days if the minor has not been previously convicted of an offense under Section 106.041, Alcoholic Beverage Code, or Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.06, or 49.061, Penal Code, or an offense under Section 49.07 or 49.08, Penal Code, involving the operation of a motor vehicle or a watercraft;

(2) 120 days if the minor has been previously convicted once of an offense listed by Subdivision (1); or

(3) 180 days if the minor has been previously convicted twice or more of an offense listed by Subdivision (1).

(c) For the purposes of determining whether a minor has been previously convicted of an offense described by Subsection (b)(1):

(1) an adjudication under Title 3, Family Code, that the minor engaged in conduct described by Subsection (b)(1) is considered a conviction under that provision; and

(2) an order of deferred adjudication for an offense alleged under a provision described by Subsection (b)(1) is considered a conviction of an offense under that provision.

(d) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (H.B. 291), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2023.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1013, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 444, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1348 (S.B. 328), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (H.B. 291), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2023.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 813 (H.B. 1163), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2023.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 16 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1996–2023 · leading case: Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Alford, 154 S.W.3d 133 (Tex. App. 2005).

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Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Alford, 154 S.W.3d 133 (Tex. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “042 and that Defendant's license is subject to a v suspension or denial for 90 days, or ___ One year pursuant to Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.022 , or for ___ 180 days, or v 2 years pursuant to Tex.”

Ex Parte Pipkin, 935 S.W.2d 213 (Tex. App. 1996). “Furthermore, the suspension levied, if any, is brief, see Tex.Transp.Code Ann. § 524.022; Ex parte Tharp, supra (calling the suspension a “relatively mild sanction”); Ex parte Lane, 806 S.”

Sara D. Peters v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 404 S.W.3d 1 (Tex. App. 2013). “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. §§ 524.022 (West Supp.”

Allen v. State, 11 S.W.3d 474 (Tex. App. 2000). “035 (Vernon 1999) (refusal of test — 240 days for repeat offender younger than 21 years old); Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.022 (Vernon 1999) (failed intoxication test — 180 days for minors who are repeat offenders and others with multiple alcohol- or drug-related enforcement…”

Kerr v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 973 S.W.2d 732 (Tex. App. 1998). “Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.022 (a) (Vernon Pamph.”

Phillips v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 362 S.W.3d 252 (Tex. App. 2012). “See *255 Tex. Transp.Code Ann. §§ 524.022(a)(1), 524.”

Tex. Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Gonzalez, 555 S.W.3d 714 (Tex. App. 2018). “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE § 524.022(a)(1). Gonzalez appealed the administrative decision to the criminal county court at law.”

Ex Parte Campos, 936 S.W.2d 23 (Tex. App. 1996). “See Tex. Transp. Code Ann. §§ 524.022 (1), .035(a) (Vernon 1996).”

Theresa G. Stowers v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 465 S.W.3d 257 (Tex. App. 2015). “CONCLUSIONS OF LAW Based on the foregoing, the Judge concludes the Department proved the issues set out in Tex. Transp. Code Ann. § 524.035 and that Defendant’s license is subject to a suspension/denial for 90 days pursuant to Tex.”

Smith, William A/K/A Bill Smith (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “.........................................”

Citizens Against the Landfill in Hempstead Michael McCall Wayne Knox & the City of Hempstead v. Texas Comm'n on Env't Quality & Pintail Landfill, L.L.C. (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “Administrative law judge's finding that the deputy had reasonable suspicion to stop the driver was not reasonably supported by substantial evidence and therefore it erred by suspending the driver's license under Tex. Transp. Code Ann. §§ 524.022 , .041, because the evidence only…”

Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Jeremy Lynn Jones (Tex. App. 2016). “The ALJ authorized suspension of Jones’s Texas driver’s license for a sixty-day period pursuant to the Texas Transportation Code section 524.022.”

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Smith, William A/K/A Bill Smith (Tex. App. 2015). “.........................................”

— Tex. Transp. Code § 524.022(a)(1) — 2 cases

Phillips v. Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf., 362 S.W.3d 252 (Tex. App. 2012). “See *255 Tex. Transp.Code Ann. §§ 524.022(a)(1), 524.”

Tex. Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. Gonzalez, 555 S.W.3d 714 (Tex. App. 2018). “See TEX. TRANSP. CODE § 524.022(a)(1). Gonzalez appealed the administrative decision to the criminal county court at law.”

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