Plano DWI Lawyer Blog

To reflect changes made to the Texas Transportation Code effective September 1, 2011, the state Department of Public Safety has amended both the DIC 23 and DIC 24 (as well as the 54).

The DIC 24 is a document that is more commonly known as the statutory warning.  It is a script that Texas police officers are required to read to Driving While Intoxicated suspects prior to requesting a breath or blood sample.  Essentially, is informs the suspect of their statutory rights, and the consequences of refusing to submit to the request for breath or blood.   The new form includes language explaining to the suspect that if he or she refuses to submit, the officer may request that a judge issue a search warrant for the person's blood.

Similarly, the document known as the DIC 23 has also been amended to reflect new legislative changes.  The DIC 23 will no longer need to be sworn to by a notary. 

You read that correctly. Really. The Texas State Department of Transportation used approximately $80,000 taxpayer dollars to produce Spanish telanovelas to reach out to the Spanish speaking community. You can read news accounts of the event  here.

   The Department has apparently already produced three of them.  I am not sure this is the best use of taxpayer dollars in a recession, but that is just my opinion.  Even if you are a Spanish only speaker, I find it hard to believe that you need a Government movie to inform you that driving after you have become intoxicated is 1. a bad idea and 2. illegal.  Below is a link to a video of  one of the telanovelas.

DWI TELANOVELA