The department is not required to maintain records relating to a person if the director decides that the records are no longer necessary, except that the department shall maintain a record of a conviction as long as the record may be used:

1. (1) as grounds for a license cancellation, suspension, revocation, or denial; or
2. (2) in conjunction with other records of convictions, to establish that a person is a frequent violator of traffic laws.

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.