Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1938 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R8044 MP-D
2	2	By: Deshotel H.B. No. 1938
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the expiration date of a commercial driver's license;
8	8	increasing a fee.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 522.029, Transportation Code, is amended
11	11	by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (m) to read as
12	12	follows:
13	13	(a) The fee for a commercial driver's license issued by the
14	14	department is $96 [$60], except as provided by Subsections (f),
15	15	(h), (j), [and] (k), and (m).
16	16	(m) The fee for a commercial driver's license with a
17	17	hazardous materials endorsement issued by the department is $60,
18	18	except as provided by Subsections (h), (j), and (k).
19	19	SECTION 2. Section 522.051, Transportation Code, is amended
20	20	by amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (f) and adding
21	21	Subsections (i), (j), (k), and (l) to read as follows:
22	22	(a) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (f) and
23	23	(i) and Sections 522.013(e), 522.033, and 522.054, an original
24	24	commercial driver's license expires eight [five] years after the
25	25	applicant's next birthday.
26	26	(b) Except as provided by Subsection (j) and Section
27	27	522.054, a commercial driver's license issued to a person holding a
28	28	Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that would expire one year or more
29	29	after the date of issuance of the commercial driver's license
30	30	expires eight [five] years after the applicant's next birthday.
31	31	(c) Except as provided by Subsection (k) and Section
32	32	522.054, a commercial driver's license issued to a person holding a
33	33	Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that would expire less than one
34	34	year after the date of issuance of the commercial driver's license
35	35	or that has been expired for less than one year expires eight [five]
36	36	years after the expiration date shown on the Class A, B, C, or M
37	37	license.
38	38	(d) Except as provided by Subsection (l) and Section
39	39	522.054, a commercial driver's license issued to a person holding a
40	40	Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that has been expired for at least
41	41	one year but not more than two years expires eight [five] years
42	42	after the applicant's last birthday.
43	43	(f) Except as provided by Section 522.013, a non-domiciled
44	44	commercial driver's license other than a temporary non-domiciled
45	45	commercial driver's license under Section 522.013(e) expires on:
46	46	(1) the earlier of:
47	47	(A) the first birthday of the license holder
48	48	occurring after the eighth [fifth] anniversary of the date of the
49	49	application; or
50	50	(B) the expiration date of the license holder's
51	51	lawful presence in the United States as determined by the
52	52	appropriate United States agency in compliance with federal law; or
53	53	(2) the first anniversary of the date of issuance, if
54	54	there is no definitive expiration date for the applicant's
55	55	authorized stay in the United States.
56	56	(i) Except as provided by Subsection (f) and Sections
57	57	522.013(e), 522.033, and 522.054, an original commercial driver's
58	58	license with a hazardous materials endorsement expires five years
59	59	after the applicant's next birthday.
60	60	(j) Except as provided by Section 522.054, a commercial
61	61	driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement issued to a
62	62	person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that would expire
63	63	one year or more after the date of issuance of the commercial
64	64	driver's license expires five years after the applicant's next
65	65	birthday.
66	66	(k) Except as provided by Section 522.054, a commercial
67	67	driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement issued to a
68	68	person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that would expire
69	69	less than one year after the date of issuance of the commercial
70	70	driver's license or that has been expired for less than one year
71	71	expires five years after the expiration date shown on the Class A,
72	72	B, C, or M license.
73	73	(l) Except as provided by Section 522.054, a commercial
74	74	driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement issued to a
75	75	person holding a Texas Class A, B, C, or M license that has been
76	76	expired for at least one year but not more than two years expires
77	77	five years after the applicant's last birthday.
78	78	SECTION 3. Section 522.052, Transportation Code, is amended
79	79	by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (k) and
80	80	(l) to read as follows:
81	81	(b) Except as provided by Section 522.054, a renewal of a
82	82	commercial driver's license that has been expired for less than one
83	83	year expires eight [five] years after the expiration date shown on
84	84	the commercial driver's license.
85	85	(c) Except as provided by Section 522.054, a renewal of a
86	86	commercial driver's license that has been expired for at least one
87	87	year but not more than two years expires seven [six] years after the
88	88	applicant's last birthday.
89	89	(k) Except as provided by Section 522.054, a renewal of a
90	90	commercial driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement
91	91	that has been expired for less than one year expires five years
92	92	after the expiration date shown on the commercial driver's license.
93	93	(l) Except as provided by Section 522.054, a renewal of a
94	94	commercial driver's license with a hazardous materials endorsement
95	95	that has been expired for at least one year but not more than two
96	96	years expires five years after the applicant's last birthday.
97	97	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
98	98	522.029, 522.051, and 522.052, Transportation Code, apply only to a
99	99	commercial driver's license issued or renewed on or after June 1,
100	100	2020. A commercial driver's license issued or renewed before June
101	101	1, 2020, is governed by the law in effect immediately before the
102	102	effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
103	103	effect for that purpose.
104	104	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.