Bill Text: TX HB2931 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the administration of an examination and issuance of a temporary receipt for a driver's license by an entity other than the Department of Public Safety.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - Referred to Transportation [HB2931 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2931-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of an examination and issuance of a temporary receipt for a driver's license by an entity other than the Department of Public Safety.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - Referred to Transportation [HB2931 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2931-Introduced.html
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By: Parker | H.B. No. 2931 |
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relating to the issuance of a driver's license by an entity other | ||
than the Department of Public Safety. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 521.165, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) The director may certify and set standards for the | ||
certification of certain employers, government agencies, and other | ||
appropriate organizations to allow those persons to train and test | ||
for the ability to operate the [ |
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of a Class C driver's license is authorized to operate. | ||
(f) An entity described by Subsection (a) may not issue a | ||
driver's license under Section 521.181 to a person who has not | ||
completed and passed the training and testing conducted by the | ||
entity under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 521.181, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.181. ISSUANCE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE. (a) On payment | ||
of the required fee, the department shall issue to each qualifying | ||
applicant a driver's license of the class for which the applicant | ||
has applied. | ||
(b) The department may authorize an entity described by | ||
Section 521.165 to issue a driver's license to a qualifying | ||
applicant if the qualifying applicant holds a learner license | ||
issued by the department under Section 521.222. The department | ||
shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |