82R12926 NAJ-D
By: Cook H.B. No. 90
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 90:
By: Driver C.S.H.B. No. 90
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the minimum age and education requirements necessary to
obtain a hardship license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as Aaron's Act.
SECTION 2. Sections 521.223(b), (c), and (f),
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) An applicant for a license under Subsection (a) must be
15 years and 180 days of age or older and must:
(1) have passed a driver education course approved by
the Texas Education Agency and conducted by a licensed driver
education school [department, which may be a course approved under
Section 521.205]; and
(2) pass the examination required by Section 521.161.
(c) To be eligible to take the driver education [training]
course, the person must be at least 15 [14] years of age.
(f) In the manner provided by Subchapter N, the department
shall [may] suspend a license issued under this section if the
holder of the license is convicted of a moving violation.
SECTION 3. Section 521.223(d), Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to the issuance of a hardship license on or after the effective date
of this Act. The issuance of a hardship license before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.