78R13908 JRJ-F


By:  Ogden                                                        S.B. No. 946

Substitute the following for S.B. No. 946:                                    

By:  Garza                                                    C.S.S.B. No. 946



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to testing and examination fee requirements for persons 
completing certain driver education courses.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 521.165(c), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The completion of training and testing offered under 
this section does not exempt a driver's license applicant from the 
examination required by Section 521.161(b)(2).  [In issuing a 
driver's license for certain types of vehicles, the director may 
waive a driving test for an applicant who has successfully 
completed and passed the training and testing conducted by a person 
certified under Subsection (a).]
	SECTION 2.  Section 521.421, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subsections (i) and (j) to read as follows:
	(i)  In addition to the fee in Subsection (c), an applicant 
applying for original issuance of a provisional license must pay a 
$10 examination fee for the examination required by Section 
521.161(b)(2).
	(j)  The fee collected under Subsection (i) must be deposited 
to the credit of a special account in the general revenue fund and 
may be used only by the department for the administration of this 
chapter.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to an application for a driver's license submitted on 
or after that date.