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| 1 | 1 | 81R11514 JD-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Homer H.B. No. 2793 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the issuance of an original or renewal driver's license | |
| 8 | 8 | to certain persons younger than 18 years of age. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter M, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | |
| 11 | 11 | is amended by adding Section 521.2735 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 521.2735. ORIGINAL OR RENEWAL LICENSE ISSUED TO HOLDER | |
| 13 | 13 | OF PROVISIONAL LICENSE. Notwithstanding Section 521.273, the | |
| 14 | 14 | department may not issue an original or renewal license to an | |
| 15 | 15 | applicant who is at least 17 years of age and holds a provisional | |
| 16 | 16 | license unless the applicant provides evidence satisfactory to the | |
| 17 | 17 | department that in the 180 days preceding the date of application | |
| 18 | 18 | the applicant has successfully completed a driver education course | |
| 19 | 19 | approved by the department, which may be a course approved under | |
| 20 | 20 | Section 521.205. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | |
| 22 | 22 | an application for an original or renewal driver's license filed on | |
| 23 | 23 | or after the effective date of this Act. An application for an | |
| 24 | 24 | original or renewal driver's license filed before the effective | |
| 25 | 25 | date of this Act is subject to the law in effect on the date the | |
| 26 | 26 | application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for | |
| 27 | 27 | that purpose. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |