By:  Driver (Senate Sponsor - Deuell)                             H.B. No. 1032
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 28, 2003; 
May 1, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Infrastructure Development and Security; May 8, 2003, reported 
favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 8, 2003, sent 
to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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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