Amend CSHB 3540 by adding the following appropriately
numbered SECTIONS to ARTICLE 10 of the bill and renumbering
subsequent SECTIONS of the article accordingly:
SECTION 10.__. Section 522.021(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) An application for a commercial driver's license or
commercial driver learner's permit must include:
(1) the full name and current residence and mailing
address of the applicant;
(2) a physical description of the applicant, including
sex, height, and eye color;
(3) the applicant's date of birth;
(4) the applicant's social security number, unless the
application is for a nonresident commercial driver's license and
the applicant is a resident of a foreign jurisdiction;
(5) certifications, including those required by 49
C.F.R. Section 383.71(a); [and]
(6) if the application is for a nonresident commercial
driver's license and the applicant is a resident of a foreign
jurisdiction, a copy of:
(A) a social security card; or
(B) a passport issued to the applicant by the
country of which the applicant is a resident and a visa, each
containing an identification number and an expiration date; and
(7) any other information required by the department.
SECTION 10.__. Section 522.029, Transportation Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (j) to
read as follows:
(a) The fee for a commercial driver's license or commercial
driver learner's permit issued by the department is $60, except as
provided by Subsections (f), [and] (h), and (j).
(j) The fee for a nonresident commercial driver's license is
$100.
SECTION 10.__. Section 522.051, Transportation Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (f) and Section
522.033, an original commercial driver's license or commercial
driver learner's permit expires six years after the applicant's
next birthday.
(f) A nonresident commercial driver's license issued to an
applicant described by Section 522.021(a)(6)(B) who submitted a
copy of a visa expires on the date the person's visa expires.