By: Ashby, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 1846
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2023;
May 2, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 11, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 11, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the skills test required for a commercial driver's
license for certain commercial learner's permit holders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 522.023(j), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(j) The department shall [may] administer a skills test to a
person who holds a commercial learner's permit issued by another
state or jurisdiction. On completion, the department shall send
the skills test results to the state or jurisdiction that issued the
person's commercial learner's permit.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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