Bill Text: TX HB1938 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the expiration date of a commercial driver's license; increasing a fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-13 - Referred to Transportation [HB1938 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1938-Introduced.html

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86R8044 MP-D
By: Deshotel H.B. No. 1938

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the expiration date of a commercial driver's license;
increasing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 522.029, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (m) to read as
follows:
(a) The fee for a commercial driver's license issued by the
department is $96 [$60], except as provided by Subsections (f),
(h), (j), [and] (k), and (m).
(m) The fee for a commercial driver's license with a
hazardous materials endorsement issued by the department is $60,
except as provided by Subsections (h), (j), and (k).
SECTION 2. Section 522.051, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (f) and adding
Subsections (i), (j), (k), and (l) to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (f) and
(i) and Sections 522.013(e), 522.033, and 522.054, an original
commercial driver's license expires eight [five] years after the
applicant's next birthday.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (j) and Section
522.054, a commercial driver's license issued to a person holding a
Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that would expire one year or more
after the date of issuance of the commercial driver's license
expires eight [five] years after the applicant's next birthday.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (k) and Section
522.054, a commercial driver's license issued to a person holding a
Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that would expire less than one
year after the date of issuance of the commercial driver's license
or that has been expired for less than one year expires eight [five]
years after the expiration date shown on the Class A, B, C, or M
license.
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (l) and Section
522.054, a commercial driver's license issued to a person holding a
Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that has been expired for at least
one year but not more than two years expires eight [five] years
after the applicant's last birthday.
(f) Except as provided by Section 522.013, a non-domiciled
commercial driver's license other than a temporary non-domiciled
commercial driver's license under Section 522.013(e) expires on:
(1) the earlier of:
(A) the first birthday of the license holder
occurring after the eighth [fifth] anniversary of the date of the
application; or
(B) the expiration date of the license holder's
lawful presence in the United States as determined by the
appropriate United States agency in compliance with federal law; or
(2) the first anniversary of the date of issuance, if
there is no definitive expiration date for the applicant's
authorized stay in the United States.
(i) Except as provided by Subsection (f) and Sections
522.013(e), 522.033, and 522.054, an original commercial driver's
license with a hazardous materials endorsement expires five years
after the applicant's next birthday.
(j) Except as provided by Section 522.054, a commercial
driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement issued to a
person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that would expire
one year or more after the date of issuance of the commercial
driver's license expires five years after the applicant's next
birthday.
(k) Except as provided by Section 522.054, a commercial
driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement issued to a
person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that would expire
less than one year after the date of issuance of the commercial
driver's license or that has been expired for less than one year
expires five years after the expiration date shown on the Class A,
B, C, or M license.
(l) Except as provided by Section 522.054, a commercial
driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement issued to a
person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that has been
expired for at least one year but not more than two years expires
five years after the applicant's last birthday.
SECTION 3. Section 522.052, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (k) and
(l) to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Section 522.054, a renewal of a
commercial driver's license that has been expired for less than one
year expires eight [five] years after the expiration date shown on
the commercial driver's license.
(c) Except as provided by Section 522.054, a renewal of a
commercial driver's license that has been expired for at least one
year but not more than two years expires seven [six] years after the
applicant's last birthday.
(k) Except as provided by Section 522.054, a renewal of a
commercial driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement
that has been expired for less than one year expires five years
after the expiration date shown on the commercial driver's license.
(l) Except as provided by Section 522.054, a renewal of a
commercial driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement
that has been expired for at least one year but not more than two
years expires five years after the applicant's last birthday.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
522.029, 522.051, and 522.052, Transportation Code, apply only to a
commercial driver's license issued or renewed on or after June 1,
2020. A commercial driver's license issued or renewed before June
1, 2020, 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.