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
  85R11847 JRR-D
 
  By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1768
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.
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