By:  West                                                         S.B. No. 94 
	(In the Senate - Filed November 12, 2002; January 27, 2003, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Infrastructure 
Development and Security; February 24, 2003, reported favorably by 
the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; February 24, 2003, sent to 
printer.)


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.                           



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