Bill Text: TX HB2551 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to cosigners on driver's license applications of minors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2551 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2551-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2551 |
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relating to cosigners on driver's license applications of minors. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 521.145(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The application of an applicant under 18 years of age | ||
must be signed by: | ||
(1) the parent or guardian who has custody of the | ||
applicant or the agent under a power of attorney for the parent who | ||
has custody of the applicant; or | ||
(2) if the applicant has no parent or guardian: | ||
(A) the applicant's employer; or | ||
(B) the county judge of the county in which the | ||
applicant resides. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2551 was passed by the House on April | ||
18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2551 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |