Bill Text: TX HB90 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance and suspension of a hardship driver's license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB90 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB90-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance and suspension of a hardship driver's license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB90 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB90-Introduced.html
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By: Cook | H.B. No. 90 |
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relating to the minimum age and education requirements necessary to | ||
obtain a hardship license. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 521.223, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (b), (c), (d), and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(b) An applicant for a license under Subsection (a) must be | ||
15 years and 180 days of age or older and must: | ||
(1) have passed a driver education course approved by | ||
the Texas Education Agency and conducted by a licensed driver | ||
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(2) pass the examination required by Section 521.161. | ||
(c) To be eligible to take the driver training course, the | ||
person must be at least 15 [ |
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(d) If the department determines that an applicant must | ||
assist in the responsibilities imposed by a family illness, | ||
disability, death-related emergency, or economic emergency, the | ||
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the requirements imposed by Subsection (b)(1). A temporary license | ||
issued under this subsection is valid for 30 [ |
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date of issuance and may be renewed for additional 30-day [ |
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periods as long as the condition continues. | ||
(f) In the manner provided by Subchapter N, the department | ||
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holder of the license is convicted of a moving violation. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to the issuance of a hardship license on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. The issuance of a hardship license before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect | ||
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |