By: Bucy (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 2551

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019; April 29, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 8, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 8, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to cosigners on driver's license applications of minors.

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

SECTION 1. Section 521.145(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The application of an applicant under 18 years of age must be signed by:

(1) the parent or guardian who has custody of the applicant or the agent under a power of attorney for the parent who has custody of the applicant; or

(2) if the applicant has no parent or guardian:

(A) the applicant's employer; or

(B) the county judge of the county in which the applicant resides.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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