Section 102.0179 - [Effective per the provisions of section 3.03(b) of this act.] Fine for Certain Drug and Texas Controlled Substance Act Convictions(a) In this article, "convicted" includes an adjudication under juvenile proceedings.(b) In addition to any other fees and fines imposed under this subchapter, a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor drug offense as defined by Section 521.371, Transportation Code, whose driver's license is not suspended under Section 521.372, Transportation Code, as a result of that conviction, shall pay a fine of $100.(c) The court shall waive imposition of a fine under this article if the defendant's driver's license is suspended under Section 521.372, Transportation Code, or under another provision of that code as a result of the conviction of: (1) an offense described by Section 521.372(a), Transportation Code; or(2) another offense arising from the same criminal episode.(d) A fine imposed under this article is due regardless of whether the defendant is granted community supervision in the case. The court shall collect the fine under this article in the same manner as court costs are collected in the case.(e) A fine collected under this article shall be deposited to the credit of the Texas mobility fund.Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 102.0179
Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 543,Sec. 1.01, eff. per the provisions of section 3.03(b) of this act. (2/25/2023).Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 543,Sec. 3.03provides: Article 1 of this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date the office of the attorney general publishes in the Texas Register a finding that: (1) the legislature of this state has adopted a resolution expressing the legislature's opposition to a law meeting the requirements of 23 U.S.C. Section 159 in suspending, revoking, or denying the driver's license of a person convicted of a drug offense for a period of six months; (2) the governor has submitted to the United States secretary of transportation: (A) a written certification of the governor's opposition to the enactment or enforcement of a law required under 23 U.S.C. Section 159; and (B) a written certification that the legislature has adopted the resolution described by Subdivision (1) of this subsection; and (3) the United States secretary of transportation has responded to the governor's submission and certified that highway funds will not be withheld from this state in response to the modification or full or partial repeal of the law required under 23 U.S.C. Section 159. (c) On the 180th day after the date described in Subsection (b) of this section, the Department of Public Safety shall reinstate any driver's license that: (1) was suspended under Section 521.372, Transportation Code, before the date described by Subsection (b) of this section; and (2) remains subject to suspension under that section on the 180th day after the date described in Subsection (b) of this section.