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By:  Ogden                                                        S.B. No. 696


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to testing and examination fee requirements for certain 
provisional license holders.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 521.273, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  The department shall require a provisional license 
holder to pass the examination under Section 521.161(b)(2) before 
issuing a renewal driver's license to the holder if, in the year 
preceding the date of renewal of the license, the license holder:
		(1)  has been convicted of a moving violation; or                      
		(2)  has had the holder's license suspended, due to one 
or more incidents involving the operation of a motor vehicle, by the 
department.
	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 a renewal or reinstatement of a provisional license 
must pay a $10 examination fee if the applicant takes 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 applies only to an application for the 
renewal or reinstatement of a provisional driver's license 
submitted on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.