Bill Text: TX HB615 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring that certain tests required for the issuance of a driver's license or a commercial driver's license be conducted in English.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-04 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB615 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB615-Introduced.html
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By: Kleinschmidt | H.B. No. 615 |
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relating to requiring that certain tests required for the issuance | ||
of a driver's license or a commercial driver's license be conducted | ||
in English. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 521.161(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the | ||
department shall examine each applicant for a driver's license. | ||
The examination shall be: | ||
(1) conducted in English; and | ||
(2) held in the county in which the applicant resides | ||
or applies not later than the 10th day after the date on which the | ||
application is made. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 522.023(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The knowledge test must be conducted by the department | ||
in English. The department shall provide each applicant who has a | ||
reading impairment an opportunity to take the knowledge test orally | ||
or, at the applicant's option, the applicant may have the questions | ||
read to the applicant and may answer in writing. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 522.043, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 522.043. RESTRICTIONS; OFFENSE. (a) On issuing a | ||
commercial driver's license, the department for good cause may | ||
impose one or more restrictions suitable to the license holder's | ||
driving ability and limitations, including restrictions: | ||
(1) prohibiting the license holder from driving a | ||
vehicle equipped with air brakes; and | ||
(2) as provided by 49 C.F.R. Part 391, prohibiting | ||
driving a commercial vehicle in interstate commerce by a person | ||
who: | ||
(A) is under 21 years of age; or | ||
(B) does not meet applicable physical | ||
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commercial motor vehicle in violation of a restriction. An offense | ||
under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 521.162, Transportation Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by Sections 521.161(a), | ||
522.023(b), and 522.043, Transportation Code, as amended by this | ||
Act, and by the repeal of Section 521.162, Transportation Code, | ||
apply only to an application for a driver's license or a commercial | ||
driver's license that is filed on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. An application for a driver's license or a commercial | ||
driver's license that was filed before the effective date of this | ||
Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the | ||
effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |