86R10661 AAF-D
By: Parker H.B. No. 2931
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a driver's license by an entity other
than the Department of Public Safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.165, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
follows:
(a) The director may certify and set standards for the
certification of certain employers, government agencies, and other
appropriate organizations to allow those persons to train and test
for the ability to operate the [certain] types of vehicles a holder
of a Class C driver's license is authorized to operate.
(f) An entity described by Subsection (a) may not issue a
driver's license under Section 521.181 to a person who has not
completed and passed the training and testing conducted by the
entity under this section.
SECTION 2. Section 521.181, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 521.181. ISSUANCE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE. (a) On payment
of the required fee, the department shall issue to each qualifying
applicant a driver's license of the class for which the applicant
has applied.
(b) The department may authorize an entity described by
Section 521.165 to issue a driver's license to a qualifying
applicant if the qualifying applicant holds a learner license
issued by the department under Section 521.222. The department
shall adopt rules to implement this subsection.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.