Computer error in your favor save $10 and get a new license

I’ve been jumping through legal hoops since about June taking care of traffic tickets. Today I turned in my Alabama driver’s license to get a Texas one so that I would be eligible for defensive driving school on any new speeding tickets. To my surprise, and the Texas DOT worker, I didn’t have to pay for a new Texas driver’s license. Also I now have the added benefit of having a motorcycle license in addition to my regular car license without having to take the motorcycle test. In July I turned in my Texas driver’s license and got an Alabama one. They canceled my Texas one at this point. In late October I needed to give the Tolltag folks a new credit card number. This inadvertently resulted in the computer activating my Texas driver’s license again. I continued using my Alabama driver’s license until today when I got my Texas driver’s license. It turns out since my Texas driver’s license was reactivated by the Tolltag folks it still had it’s 2006 expiration date. That meant the computer wouldn’t let them charge me for a new driver’s license since it’s a renewal. Now I did pay a $15 fee for a new motorcycle license because my Alabama driver’s license had that class on it as well. However, that’s a steal as I didn’t have to pay to take the motorcycle test. I guess computers just like me.