By: McCall H.B. No. 826
73R4012 DWS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the period for renewal and fee for a driver's license.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 12(e)(1), Chapter 173, Acts of the 47th
1-5 Legislature, Regular Session, 1941 (Article 6687b, Vernon's Texas
1-6 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (1) The Department may issue a special restricted operator's
1-8 license to any person between the ages of fifteen (15) and eighteen
1-9 (18) years to operate only a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, with
1-10 not more than one hundred twenty-five (125) cc piston displacement;
1-11 provided such person has completed and passed a motorcycle operator
1-12 training course approved by the Department and the person has
1-13 obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent or is a student
1-14 enrolled in a public or private school who attended school for at
1-15 least 80 days in the fall or spring semester preceding the date of
1-16 application, or has been enrolled for at least 45 days, and is
1-17 currently enrolled, in a program to prepare persons to pass the
1-18 high school equivalency exam. This motorcycle operator training
1-19 course will be made available. This motorcycle operator training
1-20 course will be an exception to the driver training course,
1-21 regarding the age limit, as applied in Section 7(a) of this Act.
1-22 Upon reaching the age of sixteen (16) and having completed the
1-23 above course, the 125cc restriction shall be removed without
1-24 completing any further motorcycle courses. This special restricted
2-1 license shall be issued on application to the Department in
2-2 accordance with Section 7 of this Act; shall be subject to the
2-3 requirements of Section 10 of this Act, and to other provisions of
2-4 this Act in the same manner as operator's licenses; and shall be in
2-5 the form prescribed by the Department. A driver's license is
2-6 required for operators of mopeds. A person must be at least
2-7 fifteen (15) years old to be issued a license to operate a moped.
2-8 The Department shall examine applicants for that type of license by
2-9 administering to them a written examination concerning traffic laws
2-10 applicable to the operation of mopeds. No test involving the
2-11 operation of the vehicle is required. The fee for the license is
2-12 Twenty Dollars ($20.00) <Sixteen Dollars ($16)>. All applicable
2-13 provisions of this Act governing restricted operator's licenses for
2-14 the operation of motorcycles only also apply to moped operator's
2-15 licenses, including provisions relating to the application,
2-16 issuance, duration, suspension, and cancellation of those licenses.
2-17 SECTION 2. Sections 18(a) and (b), Chapter 173, Acts of the
2-18 47th Legislature, Regular Session, 1941 (Article 6687b, Vernon's
2-19 Texas Civil Statutes), are amended to read as follows:
2-20 (a) All original driver's and provisional licenses shall be
2-21 dated to expire as follows:
2-22 (1) Driver's License--on the next birthdate of the
2-23 licensee occurring five (5) <four (4)> years after the date of
2-24 application;
2-25 (2) Provisional License--on the eighteenth (18th)
2-26 birthdate of the licensee or the next birthdate of the licensee
2-27 occurring after the date of application, whichever is earlier;
3-1 (3) Instruction Permit--on the next birthdate of
3-2 holder occurring after the date of application; and
3-3 (4) Occupational License--one (1) year from date of
3-4 order of court granting authority to drive.
3-5 (b) All renewals of driver's licenses shall be dated to
3-6 expire five (5) <four (4)> years from expiration date appearing on
3-7 current license.
3-8 SECTION 3. Section 19(a), Chapter 173, Acts of the 47th
3-9 Legislature, Regular Session, 1941 (Article 6687b, Vernon's Texas
3-10 Civil Statutes), as amended by Chapters 821 and 842, Acts of the
3-11 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as
3-12 follows:
3-13 (a) The fees as provided for in this Act shall be as
3-14 follows:
3-15 (1) All Classes of Licenses--originals and renewals
3-16 issued for five (5) years, Twenty Dollars ($20.00) <four (4) years,
3-17 Sixteen Dollars ($16.00)>, except as provided for in Subdivision
3-18 (2) of this subsection;
3-19 (2) Class M License--originals issued for five (5)
3-20 years, Twenty Dollars ($20.00) <four (4) years, Sixteen Dollars
3-21 ($16.00)>; renewals issued for five (5) years, Twenty-five Dollars
3-22 ($25.00) <four (4) years, Twenty-one Dollars ($21.00)>;
3-23 (3) Provisional and Instruction (Learner's)
3-24 License--issued for one (1) year or less, Five Dollars ($5.00);
3-25 (4) Occupational License--Ten Dollars ($10.00) for one
3-26 (1) year.
3-27 SECTION 4. This Act applies only to a license issued or
4-1 renewed on or after the effective date of this Act.
4-2 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
4-3 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
4-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.