Bill Text: TX HB2931 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the administration of an examination and issuance of a temporary receipt for a driver's license by an entity other than the Department of Public Safety.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - Referred to Transportation [HB2931 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2931-Engrossed.html
| 86R19337 AAF-D | ||
| By: Parker, Craddick, Capriglione, Deshotel, | H.B. No. 2931 | |
| Stucky, et al. | ||
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| relating to the administration of an examination and issuance of a | ||
| temporary receipt for a driver's license by an entity other than the | ||
| Department of Public Safety. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 521.165, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (e) The department may authorize and set standards for an | ||
| entity described by Subsection (a), including a driver education | ||
| school described by Section 521.1655, to administer, and train and | ||
| certify examiners to administer, the examination required by | ||
| Section 521.161(b)(2). | ||
| (f) An entity described by Subsection (a) may not issue a | ||
| temporary receipt under Section 521.1812 to a person who has not | ||
| completed and passed the training and testing conducted by the | ||
| entity under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 521.1812 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 521.1812. ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY RECEIPT BY THIRD | ||
| PARTY. (a) The department may authorize an entity described by | ||
| Section 521.165, including a driver education school described by | ||
| Section 521.1655, to issue a temporary receipt to a qualifying | ||
| applicant who has met all requirements for a driver's license if the | ||
| qualifying applicant holds a learner license issued by the | ||
| department under Section 521.222. | ||
| (b) A temporary receipt issued under Subsection (a) serves | ||
| as temporary permission to operate a vehicle until the department | ||
| provides a driver's license to the qualifying applicant. | ||
| (c) The department shall develop a process for an entity | ||
| under Subsection (a) to electronically transmit to the department | ||
| the documents and information required by the department for the | ||
| issuance of a driver's license to a qualifying applicant. | ||
| (d) The department shall adopt rules to implement this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
