Tex.
Transp. Code Section 521.245
Required Alcohol Dependence Counseling
(a)
If the petitioner’s license has been suspended under Chapter 524 (Administrative Suspension of Driver’s License for Failure to Pass Test for Intoxication) or 724 (Implied Consent), or as the result of a conviction for an offense relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while intoxicated, the court shall require the petitioner to attend a program approved by the court that is designed to provide counseling and rehabilitation services to persons for alcohol dependence. The court may waive the requirement on a showing of good cause.(b)
The program required under Subsection (a) may not be the program provided by Section 521.344 (Suspension for Offenses Involving Intoxication) or by Article 42A.403 or 42A.404 (Educational Program for Certain Repeat Intoxication Offenses; Waiver), Code of Criminal Procedure.(c)
The court may require the person to report periodically to the court to verify that the person is attending the required program.(d)
On finding that the person is not attending the program as required, the court may:(1)
revoke the order granting the occupational driver’s license, as provided by Section 521.252 (License Revocation); or(2)
if the person is not currently restricted to the operation of a motor vehicle with an ignition interlock device installed, modify the order to include that restriction, as provided by Section 521.246 (Ignition Interlock Device Requirement).
Source:
Section 521.245 — Required Alcohol Dependence Counseling, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm#521.245
(accessed Apr. 20, 2024).