Bill Text: TX HB3645 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to requirements for the issuance of certain driver's licenses and commercial driver's licenses.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3645 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3645-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3645 | ||
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| relating to requirements for the issuance of certain driver's | ||
| licenses and commercial driver's licenses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 521.148, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) This section does not apply to a person who holds a valid | ||
| driver's license issued by another state that includes an | ||
| authorization to operate a motorcycle. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 521.1601, Transportation Code, as added | ||
| by Chapter 1413 (S.B. 1317), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2009, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 521.1601. DRIVER EDUCATION REQUIRED; EXCEPTION. (a) | ||
| Subject to Subsection (b), the [ |
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| driver's license to a person who is younger than 25 years of age | ||
| unless the person submits to the department a driver education | ||
| certificate issued under Chapter 1001, Education Code, that states | ||
| that the person has completed and passed: | ||
| (1) a driver education and traffic safety course | ||
| conducted by an entity exempt from licensure under Section | ||
| 1001.002, Education Code, or a driver education course approved by | ||
| the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Chapter | ||
| 1001, Education Code; or | ||
| (2) if the person is 18 years of age or older, a driver | ||
| education course approved by the Texas Department of Licensing and | ||
| Regulation under Section 1001.101 or 1001.1015, Education Code. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to a person who holds a valid | ||
| driver's license issued by another state. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 522.034, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a person who | ||
| holds a valid driver's license issued by another state that | ||
| includes an authorization to operate a motorcycle. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 1001.055(a), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The department shall provide to each licensed driver | ||
| education provider or exempt driver education school driver | ||
| education certificates or certificate numbers to enable the | ||
| provider or school to issue department-approved driver education | ||
| certificates to certify completion of an approved driver education | ||
| course and satisfy the requirements of Sections 521.204(a)(2)[ |
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| SECTION 5. Section 521.1601, Transportation Code, as added | ||
| by Chapter 1253 (H.B. 339), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2009, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3645 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, 3 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3645 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
