Amend CSHB 1200 by adding the following SECTIONS.
      SECTION ____. Section 521.001(a), Transportation Code, is
amended by amending Subdivision (3) and adding Subdivision (9) to
read as follows:
            (3)  "Driver's license" means an authorization issued
by the department for the operation of a motor vehicle.  The term
includes:
                  (A)  a temporary license, <or> instruction
permit, or intermediate license; and
                  (B)  an occupational license.
            (9)  "Traffic offense" means violation of a statute or
ordinance that regulates a driver's conduct or condition while
operating a motor vehicle.
      SECTION ____.  Section 521.203, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      Sec. 521.203.  RESTRICTIONS ON CLASS A AND B LICENSES. The
department may not issue a Class A or Class B driver's license to a
person who:
            (1)  is under 17 years of age;
            (2)  is under 18 years of age unless the person:
                  (A)  has held an intermediate license or hardship
license for at least six months preceding the date of the
application;
                  (B)  has completed a driver training course
approved by the Texas <Central> Education Agency; and
                  (C)  is not ineligible under Section 521.2041(b);
or
            (3)  has not provided the department with an affidavit,
on a form prescribed by the department, that states that no vehicle
that the person will drive that requires a Class A or Class B
license is a commercial motor vehicle as defined by Section
522.003.
      SECTION ____.  Subchapter J, Chapter 521, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 521.2041 to read as follows:
      Sec. 521.2041.  ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON MINOR. (a)  The
department may issue a Class C driver's license to an applicant
under 18 years of age only if the applicant has held an
intermediate license or hardship license for at least six months
preceding the date of the application.
      (b)  The department may not issue a Class A, B, or C driver's
license or an intermediate license to an applicant under 18 years
of age if the applicant was alleged to have committed, during the
six-month period preceding the date of the application for a Class
A, B, or C driver's license or during the one-year period preceding
the date of the application for an intermediate license, a traffic
offense and the allegation:
            (1)  resulted in a final:
                  (A)  adjudication under juvenile proceedings; or
                  (B)  conviction; or
            (2)  has not been finally disposed of before the date
of the application.
      (c)  A person under 18 years of age may not operate a motor
vehicle unless the person and each passenger in the motor vehicle
is secured by a safety belt or child passenger safety seat system.
      SECTION ____.  Section 521.222(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (c)  An instruction permit entitles the holder to operate a
type of motor vehicle on a highway while:
            (1)  the permit is in the holder's possession; and
            (2)  the holder is accompanied by a person occupying
the seat by the operator who:
                  (A)  holds a license that qualifies the operator
to operate that type of vehicle;
                  (B)  is 21 <18> years of age or older; <and>
                  (C)  has at least one year of driving experience;
and
                  (D)  is the only person occupying the seat by the
operator.
      SECTION ____.  Subchapter K, Chapter 521, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 521.2221 to read as follows:
      Sec. 521.2221.  INTERMEDIATE LICENSE. (a)  The department may
issue an intermediate license to a person who:
            (1)  is 16 years of age but less than 18 years of age;
            (2)  meets the requirements imposed by Sections
521.204(2), (3), and (4) on an applicant for a Class C driver's
license; and
            (3)  is not ineligible under Section 521.2041(b).
      (b)  A holder of an intermediate license may not operate a
motor vehicle after 9 p.m. and before 5 a.m. unless:
            (1)  the holder is accompanied in the same manner
required by Section 521.222(c)(2) for operation of a motor vehicle
by the holder of an instruction permit; or
            (2)  the operation is necessary for the holder to
travel between the holder's home and the holder's place of
employment.
      SECTION ____.  This Act does not affect the validity or
effect of a driver's license, including an instruction permit,
issued before the effective date of this Act. That license is
governed by the law in effect when the license was issued, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.