By: Minjarez (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 87
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 8, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 8, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information provided to minors during the driver's
license application process.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.145(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The department shall provide the applicant and the
cosigner with information concerning state laws relating to
distracted driving, driving while intoxicated, driving by a minor
with alcohol in the minor's system, and implied consent. The
applicant and cosigner must acknowledge receipt of this
information.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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