H.B. No. 3395
AN ACT
relating to the knowledge test required for a commercial driver's
license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 522.023(b) and (d), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the [The]
knowledge test must be conducted by the department. The department
shall provide each applicant who has a reading impairment an
opportunity to take the knowledge test orally or, at the
applicant's option, the applicant may have the questions read to
the applicant and may answer in writing.
(d) The department may authorize a person, including an
agency of this or another state, an employer, a private driver
training facility or other private institution, or a department,
agency, or instrumentality of local government, to:
(1) administer the skills test specified by this
section if:
(A) [(1)] the test is the same that would be
administered by the department; and
(B) [(2)] the person has entered into an
agreement with the department that complies with 49 C.F.R. Section
383.75; or
(2) administer the knowledge test specified by this
section if:
(A) the test is the same that would be
administered by the department;
(B) the administration of the test is authorized
by federal law; and
(C) the person provides each applicant who has a
reading impairment an opportunity to, at the applicant's option:
(i) take the knowledge test orally; or
(ii) have the questions read to the
applicant and answer in writing.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3395 was passed by the House on April
23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3395 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor