79R7199 JD-F
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. Section 522.042(a), 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. Sections 522.051(a)-(d), 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. Section 522.052(b), 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.