It will be if Texas State Senator Jane Nelson R-Flower Mound, has her way. Senator Nelson, reacting to an Easter morning tragic crash in which three people lost their life, has proposed a change in the law because she feels that "the penalties are not severe enough to change behavior." She plans to introduce legislation in the 2011 session that would provide for a mandatory lifetime driver license suspenison for those convicted of a second dwi offense.
Currently, the law provides for a maximum two years suspension for a Driving While Intoxicated, second offense. A second DWI conviction is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in a county jail and a $4,000 fine. We have all heard of three strikes and your out. This particular provision, if it becomes law, would essentially operate as a two strikes and you are out law.
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