Point System

The Texas “Point System”

Title 7 of the Texas Transportation Code now includes the “DRIVER RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM,” which establishes a system for adding points to your license based on convictions for moving violations, as follows.

SUBCHAPTER B. DRIVER'S LICENSE POINTS SURCHARGE

Sec. 708.052. ASSIGNMENT OF POINTS FOR CERTAIN CONVICTIONS

  1. The driver's license of a person accumulates a point under this subchapter as of the date the department records a conviction of the person under Section 521.042 or other applicable law.

  2. For each conviction arising out of a separate transaction, the department shall assign points to a person's license as follows:

    1. two points for a moving violation of the traffic law of this state or another state that is not described by Subdivision (2); and

    2. three points for a moving violation of the traffic law of this state, another state, or a political subdivision of this or another state that resulted in an accident.

Sec. 708.053. ANNUAL SURCHARGE FOR POINTS. Each year, the department shall assess a surcharge on the license of a person who has accumulated six or more points under this subchapter during the preceding 36–month period.

Sec. 708.054. AMOUNT OF POINTS SURCHARGE. The amount of a surcharge under this chapter is $100 for the first six points and $25 for each additional point.

NOTE: The surcharge must be paid each year for three years or your license will be suspended automatically.

ALSO NOTE: If you are convicted of driving while license suspended or driving without liabiity insurance, even once, you you will owe a surcharge of $250 per year. If convicted of driving with no valid operator’s license, you will owe a surcharge of $100 per year for three years.