By: West S.B. No. 94
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a temporary driving permit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (f), Section 524.011, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(f) A temporary driving permit issued under this section:
(1) expires on the 41st day after the date of issuance;
and
(2) [. If the person was driving a commercial motor
vehicle, as defined by Section 522.003, a temporary driving permit
that authorizes the person to drive a commercial motor vehicle] is
not effective until 24 hours after the time of arrest.
SECTION 2. Subsection (e), Section 724.032, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(e) A temporary driving permit issued under this section:
(1) expires on the 41st day after the date of issuance;
and
(2) [. If the person was driving a commercial motor
vehicle, as defined by Section 522.003, a temporary driving permit
that authorizes the person to drive a commercial motor vehicle] is
not effective until 24 hours after the time of arrest.
SECTION 3. This Act applies only to a temporary driving
permit issued under Section 524.011 or 724.032, Transportation
Code, as amended by this Act, on or after the effective date of this
Act. A temporary driving permit issued before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law as it existed when the permit was
issued, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.