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	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.