Austin DWI Lawyer | ALR Hearings and Occupational Licenses Part 4

Welcome back to my series of posts on Texas ALR Hearings and Occupational Licenses. Austin DWI Attorneys and drivers accused of an Austin DWI deal with Administrative License Revocation (ALR) hearings when they contest the driver’s license suspension after a DWI arrest. Here is my post on what an ALR hearing is.

Here is my post on ALR hearing witnesses and discovery. And here is my post on laws pertaining to ALR hearings.ALR HEARING LICENSE SUSPENSIONSNo one wants their driver’s license to be suspended. But sometimes in ALR hearings, Judges rule that the State has proven that the officer had reasonable suspicion to stop or probable cause to arrest the driver for DWI, and that the driver refused to provide a specimen or had an alcohol concentration greater than 0.08.

How long the driver’s license is suspended for depends on whether the case was a refusal or failure, and whether the driver has had alcohol or drug related contact within 10 years before the date of arrest. Contact an Austin DWI Attorney to discuss the possible length of your suspension.

ALR SUSPENSION LENGTHSIf an ALR Judge orders a suspension and the driver has had no alcohol or drug related law enforcement contact during the 10 years immediately preceding the date of arrest for DWI and the driver refused to provide a blood or breath specimen, the license suspension length is 180 days.

If the driver provided a specimen and it showed an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, the suspension length is 90 days. If the ALR judge orders a suspension and the driver has had 1 or more alcohol or drug related law enforcement contacts in the 10 years before the arrest date, and the driver refused to provide a blood or breath specimen, the suspension length is 2 years. If the driver did provide a specimen but had an alcohol concentration of 0.08, the suspension length is 1 year.