H.B. No. 1032




AN ACT

relating to expiration of a driving instruction permit.                       
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 521.271(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Each original driver's license and provisional license 
expires as follows:
		(1)  a driver's license expires on the first birthday of 
the license holder occurring after the sixth anniversary of the 
date of the application;
		(2)  a provisional license expires on the earlier of:                         
			(A)  the 18th birthday of the license holder;  or                            
			(B)  the first birthday of the license holder 
occurring after the date of the application;
		(3)  an instruction permit expires on the second
[first] birthday of the license holder occurring after the date of 
the application;  and
		(4)  an occupational license expires on the first 
anniversary of the court order granting the license.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to an instruction permit issued on or after the effective date of 
this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1032 was passed by the House on April 
25, 2003, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1032 was passed by the Senate on May 
20, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor