80R9696 JTS-F

By: Jones H.B. No. 2861

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of a nonresident commercial driver's license.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 522.013, Transportation Code, is amended by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:

(d) "Nonresident" must appear on the face of a [nonresident commercial driver's] license issued under this section.

(e) The department may issue a provisional nonresident commercial driver's license to a person who applies for a nonresident commercial driver's license but does not present a social security card as required by Section 522.021(a-1)(1). A license issued under this subsection:

(1) expires on the earlier of:

(A) the 60th day after the date the license is issued; or

(B) the date the person's visa expires; and

(2) may not be renewed.

(f) The department may not issue more than one provisional nonresident commercial driver's license to a person.

SECTION 2. Section 522.021, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:

(a-1) If the application is for a nonresident commercial driver's license and the applicant is a resident of a foreign jurisdiction, the applicant must present:

(1) a social security card issued to the applicant; or

(2) 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.

SECTION 3. 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. The fee for a provisional nonresident commercial driver's license is $20.

SECTION 4. 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 Sections 522.013 and [Section] 522.033, an original commercial driver's license or commercial driver learner's permit expires five years after the applicant's next birthday.

(f) Except as provided by Section 522.013, a nonresident commercial driver's license issued to an applicant described by Section 522.021(a-1) who presented a passport and visa under that subsection expires on the date the person's visa expires.

SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a nonresident commercial driver's license for which an original or renewal application is filed on or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.