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  H.B. No. 441
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of a court order as an occupational license.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 521.249(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The court shall send a certified copy of the petition
  and the court order setting out the judge's findings and
  restrictions to the department. The person may use a copy of the
  order as a restricted license until the 45th [31st] day after the
  date on which the order takes effect.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 441 was passed by the House on March
  25, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 441 was passed by the Senate on May
  20, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor