Tex. Transportation Code § 521.315
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 521.315, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 521.315. SURRENDER OF LICENSE; RETURN.
Official statutory text
(a) On the suspension, cancellation, disqualification, or revocation of a license by the department, the department may require the holder to surrender the license to the department.
(b) The department shall return a suspended license to the holder on the expiration of the suspension period.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person's license has been demanded in accordance with Subsection (a) and the person fails or refuses to surrender the license to the department.
(d) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) The department shall return a suspended license to the holder on the expiration of the suspension period.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person's license has been demanded in accordance with Subsection (a) and the person fails or refuses to surrender the license to the department.
(d) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
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