| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 3395 |
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| 1 | + | By: Ashby, Landgraf, Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 3395 |
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| 2 | + | (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) |
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| 3 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2021; |
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| 4 | + | May 3, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 5 | + | Transportation; May 5, 2021, reported favorably by the following |
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| 6 | + | vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 5, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 12 | | relating to the knowledge test required for a commercial driver's |
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| 6 | 13 | | license. |
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| 7 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Sections 522.023(b) and (d), Transportation |
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| 9 | 16 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 17 | | (b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the [The] |
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| 11 | 18 | | knowledge test must be conducted by the department. The department |
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| 12 | 19 | | shall provide each applicant who has a reading impairment an |
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| 13 | 20 | | opportunity to take the knowledge test orally or, at the |
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| 14 | 21 | | applicant's option, the applicant may have the questions read to |
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| 15 | 22 | | the applicant and may answer in writing. |
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| 16 | 23 | | (d) The department may authorize a person, including an |
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| 17 | 24 | | agency of this or another state, an employer, a private driver |
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| 18 | 25 | | training facility or other private institution, or a department, |
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| 19 | 26 | | agency, or instrumentality of local government, to: |
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| 20 | 27 | | (1) administer the skills test specified by this |
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| 21 | 28 | | section if: |
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| 22 | 29 | | (A) [(1)] the test is the same that would be |
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| 23 | 30 | | administered by the department; and |
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| 24 | 31 | | (B) [(2)] the person has entered into an |
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| 25 | 32 | | agreement with the department that complies with 49 C.F.R. Section |
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| 26 | 33 | | 383.75; or |
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| 27 | 34 | | (2) administer the knowledge test specified by this |
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| 28 | 35 | | section if: |
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| 29 | 36 | | (A) the test is the same that would be |
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| 30 | 37 | | administered by the department; |
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| 31 | 38 | | (B) the administration of the test is authorized |
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| 32 | 39 | | by federal law; and |
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| 33 | 40 | | (C) the person provides each applicant who has a |
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| 34 | 41 | | reading impairment an opportunity to, at the applicant's option: |
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| 35 | 42 | | (i) take the knowledge test orally; or |
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| 36 | 43 | | (ii) have the questions read to the |
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| 37 | 44 | | applicant and answer in writing. |
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| 38 | 45 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 39 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 40 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 41 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 3395 was passed by the House on April |
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| 42 | | - | 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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| 43 | | - | voting. |
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| 44 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 46 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 3395 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 47 | | - | 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 48 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 50 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 51 | | - | Date |
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| 52 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 53 | | - | Governor |
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| 46 | + | * * * * * |
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