| 1 | | - | By: Coleman, Burkett (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 2216 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Transportation; May 14, 2015, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | | - | vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 14, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 2216 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to information required of an applicant for a driver's |
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| 12 | 6 | | license. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 521.142, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 9 | | by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as |
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| 16 | 10 | | follows: |
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| 17 | 11 | | (e) Subject to Subsection (e-1), the [The] application must |
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| 18 | 12 | | include any other information the department requires to determine |
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| 19 | 13 | | the applicant's identity, residency, competency, and eligibility |
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| 20 | 14 | | as required by the department or state law. |
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| 21 | 15 | | (e-1) Other than a general inquiry as to whether the |
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| 22 | 16 | | applicant has a mental condition that may affect the applicant's |
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| 23 | 17 | | ability to safely operate a motor vehicle, an application may not |
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| 24 | 18 | | include an inquiry regarding the mental health of the applicant, |
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| 25 | 19 | | including an inquiry as to whether the applicant has been diagnosed |
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| 26 | 20 | | with, treated for, or hospitalized for a psychiatric disorder. |
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| 27 | 21 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 28 | 22 | | to an application for a driver's license filed on or after the |
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| 29 | 23 | | effective date of this Act. An application filed before the |
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| 30 | 24 | | effective date of this Act is subject to the law in effect on the |
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| 31 | 25 | | date of filing, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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| 32 | 26 | | purpose. |
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| 33 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 28 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 29 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 30 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2216 was passed by the House on April |
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| 31 | + | 16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 32 | + | voting. |
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| 33 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 35 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2216 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 36 | + | 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 37 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 39 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 40 | + | Date |
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| 41 | + | _____________________ |
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| 42 | + | Governor |
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