Bill Text: TX SB1768 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to waiving fees for an original commercial driver's license for veterans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-26 - Left pending in committee [SB1768 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1768-Introduced.html
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By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 1768 |
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relating to waiving fees for an original commercial driver's | ||
license for veterans. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 522.023(h), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(h) An applicant who pays the applicable fee required by | ||
Section 522.029 or for whom a waiver is authorized under Section | ||
522.029(a-1) is entitled to three examinations of each element | ||
under Section 522.022. If the applicant has not qualified after the | ||
third examination, the applicant must submit a new application | ||
accompanied by the required fee. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 522.029, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) The department shall waive the fee required by | ||
Subsection (a) and any applicable administrative fee if the | ||
application is for an original issuance of a commercial driver's | ||
license and the applicant is a veteran of the United States armed | ||
forces who, within 365 days preceding the date of the application, | ||
was honorably discharged from the branch of service in which the | ||
person served. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 522.029(a-1), Transportation Code, as | ||
added by this Act, applies only to a commercial driver's license for | ||
which an application was submitted on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. A commercial driver's license for which an application | ||
was submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
the law in effect when the application was submitted, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |