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.