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
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  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 [The] department may not issue a
  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)[,
  Transportation Code, 521.1601, Transportation Code, as added by
  Chapter 1253 (H.B. 339), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2009,] and 521.1601, Transportation Code[, as added by
  Chapter 1413 (S.B. 1317), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2009].
         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       
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