OmniBase holds: When checking your eligibility, you may see this language: “You have outstanding citations under the Failure to Appear/Failure to Pay Program.” That means DPS is preventing you from renewing your license until you pay a traffic ticket or other fines and costs in criminal case. You can pay online or through the mail.Ģ.State law does not allow for any waiver of reinstatement fees currently, even if you do not have the money to pay them.Reinstatement fees: Even if you are eligible, you may still owe reinstatement fees that must be paid in order to get your license back. If you are ELIGIBLE for a driver’s license, there may be two more hurdles to overcome to get your license and drive legally.ġ. Other reasons you are ineligible include if your license was revoked for medical reasons, out of state tickets and sex offender registry requirements, which are not addressed in this toolkit.If your license was suspended for a second No Insurance (known as Failure to Maintain Financial Responsibility), you will be required to purchase a special type of case insurance called SR-22 and provide evidence of it to DPS to get your license back.If it has not, ask for them to start the 6-month waiting period so you can get your license back as soon as possible. Ask if the six-month waiting period has already started and at what date it will end. Call DPS customer service at 51 to tell the customer service representative that you want to get a driver’s license. But to even start the clock, you must make DPS aware that you want a driver’s license. There is also a six-month waiting period after your drug-related conviction.More information on registering for the course can be found here. Complete the additional requirement of a Drug Education Course to get your license back.If your license was suspended for a drug-related conviction, there are two other necessary steps to get your license back.Visit the section on Occupational Driver’s Licenses. However, you may be eligible for an Occupational Driver’s License that will allow you to drive to and from work and anywhere else the judge determines is necessary during the suspension period. If you’ve already received such a suspension, you’ll likely need to wait it out before trying to get a license.Suspensions making you not eligible are often a direct result of a criminal conviction involving drugs, for driving while intoxicated, for driving with an invalid license, driving without auto insurance (known as Failure to Maintain Financial Responsibility) or getting too many tickets within a short period of time, among other things.If you are NOT ELIGIBLE for a driver’s license, it means you either have to wait out the suspension or are indefinitely unable to get a license. You will see if you are ELIGIBLE or NOT ELIGIBLE for a driver’s license.Note: If you have had both a driver’s license and a state ID in the past, you will want to check both numbers. To check if you have suspensions or owe reinstatement fees, go to and select “Driver License Reinstatement & Status.” You will have to enter your driver’s license or ID number, date of birth and last 4 digits of your social security number.“I reviewed his actions, and there’s nothing he could’ve done otherwise than what he did … Victor Escalon is not going to be fired, period,” McCraw told CNN.First, determine the type of suspension or hold on your license. McCraw told CNN Friday his remarks were specifically about about DPS Regional Director Victor Escalon, who oversees the Uvalde area. The agency is working to investigate where the notes originated, Considine said. He was not referring to all 91 of the agency’s officers who responded on May 24, according to Considine. On Thursday, DPS communications chief Travis Considine clarified Director Steven McCraw was responding to a question about whether one particular agency official would be fired, following the mass shooting - to which McCraw replied no. Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw was referring to a question about whether a specific individual would be fired for response to the Uvalde shooting, to which he said no - according to a DPS spokesperson.ĪUSTIN (Nexstar) - The head of Texas’ top law enforcement agency clarified his comments after documents showed he said “no one is losing their jobs” over the response to the Uvalde school shooting massacre that killed 19 children and two teachers, according to timestamped notes from an internal Department of Public Safety captain’s meeting in August, obtained by KXAN.