Section 521.343 - Period of Suspension; Extension(a) Except as provided by Sections 521.342(b), 521.344(a), (b), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), 521.345, 521.346, 521.3465, and 521.351, a suspension under this subchapter is for one year.(b) If a license is suspended under this subchapter for a subsequent period, the subsequent suspension is for 18 months except as otherwise provided by a section listed in Subsection (a).(c)[Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 43] Except as provided by Section 521.457(h), if the license holder is convicted of operating a motor vehicle while the license to operate a motor vehicle is cancelled, disqualified, suspended, revoked, or denied, the period is extended for the same term as the original suspension or disqualification, in addition to any penalty assessed under this chapter or Chapter 522. (c)[Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 142] If the license holder is convicted of operating a motor vehicle while the license to operate a motor vehicle is cancelled, disqualified, suspended, revoked, or denied, the period is extended for 90 days , in addition to any penalty assessed under this chapter or Chapter 522. Tex. Transp. Code § 521.343
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 142,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023.Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 43,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2023.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1056 (H.B. 1357), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005 Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 851, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.