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By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 1258


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance or renewal of a commercial driver's 
license and the expiration of a commercial driver's license or 
commercial driver learner's permit.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 522.042, Transportation 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The department may issue a commercial driver's license 
with endorsements:
		(1)  authorizing the driving of a vehicle transporting 
hazardous materials, subject to the requirements of Title 49 C.F.R. 
Part 1572;
		(2)  authorizing the towing of a double or triple 
trailer or a trailer over a specified weight;
		(3)  authorizing the driving of a vehicle carrying 
passengers;              
		(4)  authorizing the driving of a tank vehicle;                               
		(5)  representing a combination of hazardous materials 
and tank vehicle endorsements; or
		(6)  authorizing the driving of a school bus, as 
defined by Section 541.201.
	SECTION 2.  Subsections (a) through (d), Section 522.051, 
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Section 522.033, an original 
commercial driver's license or commercial driver learner's permit 
expires five [six] years after the applicant's next birthday.
	(b)  A commercial driver's license or commercial driver 
learner's permit issued to a person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, 
or M license that would expire one year or more after the date of 
issuance of the commercial driver's license or commercial driver 
learner's permit expires five [six] years after the applicant's 
next birthday.
	(c)  A commercial driver's license or commercial driver 
learner's permit issued to a person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, 
or M license that would expire less than one year after the date of 
issuance of the commercial driver's license or commercial driver 
learner's permit or that has been expired for less than one year 
expires five [six] years after the expiration date shown on the 
Class A, B, C, or M license.
	(d)  A commercial driver's license or commercial driver 
learner's permit issued to a person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, 
or M license that has been expired for at least one year but not more 
than two years expires five [six] years after the applicant's last 
birthday.
	SECTION 3.  Subsection (b), Section 522.052, Transportation 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A renewal of a commercial driver's license that has been 
expired for less than one year expires five [six] years after the 
expiration date shown on the commercial driver's license.
	SECTION 4.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies 
only to a commercial driver's license or commercial driver 
learner's permit that is issued or renewed on or after the effective 
date of this Act.
	(b)  A commercial driver's license or commercial driver 
learner's permit that was issued or renewed before the effective 
date of this Act is covered by the law in effect immediately before 
the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.