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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's |
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licenses; authorizing a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.221, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) The department: |
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(1) shall remove a restriction that requires the |
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license holder to wear corrective lenses for vision and mail to the |
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license holder a new driver's license that does not include the |
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restriction if the license holder submits to the department: |
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(A) a written statement from a licensed physician |
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verifying that the license holder's vision has been surgically |
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corrected and the license holder no longer requires corrective |
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lenses for vision; and |
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(B) the required fee; |
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(2) shall establish a process by which a person may |
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submit to the department electronically or by mail the form and fee |
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described by Subdivision (1); and |
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(3) may not mail a new driver's license under this |
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subsection to a person whose driver's license record indicates that |
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the person is subject to the registration requirements of Chapter |
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62, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |