86R19337 AAF-D
By: Parker, Craddick, Capriglione, Deshotel, H.B. No. 2931
Stucky, et al.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of an examination and issuance of a
temporary receipt for 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 (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
follows:
(e) The department may authorize and set standards for an
entity described by Subsection (a), including a driver education
school described by Section 521.1655, to administer, and train and
certify examiners to administer, the examination required by
Section 521.161(b)(2).
(f) An entity described by Subsection (a) may not issue a
temporary receipt under Section 521.1812 to a person who has not
completed and passed the training and testing conducted by the
entity under this section.
SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.1812 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.1812. ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY RECEIPT BY THIRD
PARTY. (a) The department may authorize an entity described by
Section 521.165, including a driver education school described by
Section 521.1655, to issue a temporary receipt to a qualifying
applicant who has met all requirements for a driver's license if the
qualifying applicant holds a learner license issued by the
department under Section 521.222.
(b) A temporary receipt issued under Subsection (a) serves
as temporary permission to operate a vehicle until the department
provides a driver's license to the qualifying applicant.
(c) The department shall develop a process for an entity
under Subsection (a) to electronically transmit to the department
the documents and information required by the department for the
issuance of a driver's license to a qualifying applicant.
(d) The department shall adopt rules to implement this
section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.