H.B. No. 4337
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to licenses and similar documents issued by certain
  foreign governments.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 37.01(2), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
               (2)  "Governmental record" means:
                     (A)  anything belonging to, received by, or kept
  by government for information, including a court record;
                     (B)  anything required by law to be kept by others
  for information of government;
                     (C)  a license, certificate, permit, seal, title,
  letter of patent, or similar document issued by government, by
  another state, [or] by the United States, or by a foreign government
  engaged in a reciprocal treaty or memorandum of understanding with
  the United States;
                     (D)  a standard proof of motor vehicle liability
  insurance form described by Section 601.081, Transportation Code, a
  certificate of an insurance company described by Section 601.083 of
  that code, a document purporting to be such a form or certificate
  that is not issued by an insurer authorized to write motor vehicle
  liability insurance in this state, an electronic submission in a
  form described by Section 502.046(i), Transportation Code, or an
  evidence of financial responsibility described by Section 601.053
  of that code;
                     (E)  an official ballot or other election record;
  or
                     (F)  the written documentation a mobile food unit
  is required to obtain under Section 437.0074, Health and Safety
  Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 522.015, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 522.015.  LICENSE OR PERMIT ISSUED BY OTHER
  JURISDICTION. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a [A] person may
  drive a commercial motor vehicle in this state if:
               (1)  either:
                     (A)  the person has a commercial driver's license
  or a commercial learner's permit issued by [:
                     [(A)]  another state in accordance with the
  minimum federal standards for the issuance of a commercial motor
  vehicle driver's license; or
                     (B)  the person:
                           (i)  has a commercial driver's license or a
  commercial learner's permit issued by a foreign jurisdiction the
  testing and licensing standards of which the United States
  Department of Transportation has determined meet the requirements
  of the federal act; and
                           (ii)  is authorized under federal law to
  work in the United States;
               (2)  the person's license or permit is appropriate for
  the class of vehicle being driven;
               (3)  the person is not disqualified from driving a
  commercial motor vehicle and is not subject to an out-of-service
  order;
               (4)  the person has not had a domicile in this state for
  more than 30 days; and
               (5)  if the person has a permit, the person also has a
  driver's license issued by the same jurisdiction that issued the
  permit.
         (b)  If a person has a commercial driver's license or a
  commercial learner's permit described by Subsection (a)(1)(B)(i)
  and is not authorized under federal law to work in the United States
  but satisfies all of the other requirements of Subsection (a), the
  person may drive a commercial motor vehicle only in a county
  bordering the United Mexican States.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4337 was passed by the House on May 6,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4337 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor