| 1 | 1 | | 88R5784 DRS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Meza H.B. No. 1897 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the provision in the Nepali language of application |
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| 8 | 8 | | forms and an alternate examination for a driver's license. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended by adding Section 521.015 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 521.015. LICENSE APPLICATION AND FORMS IN NEPALI. The |
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| 13 | 13 | | department shall provide in Nepali: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) the application form for an original or renewal |
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| 15 | 15 | | driver's license; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) all other forms required under Subchapter G for an |
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| 17 | 17 | | application for an original or renewal driver's license. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, |
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| 19 | 19 | | is amended by adding Section 521.1621 to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sec. 521.1621. ALTERNATE EXAMINATION IN NEPALI. (a) The |
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| 21 | 21 | | department shall design and administer in each county of this state |
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| 22 | 22 | | an alternate examination for Nepali-speaking applicants who are |
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| 23 | 23 | | unable to take the regular examination in English. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) The alternate examination must be identical to the |
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| 25 | 25 | | examination administered to other applicants under Section 521.161 |
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| 26 | 26 | | except that all directions and written material, other than the |
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| 27 | 27 | | text of highway signs, must be in Nepali. The text of highway signs |
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| 28 | 28 | | must be in English. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. Section 521.1621, Transportation Code, as added |
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| 30 | 30 | | by this Act, applies only to an application for a driver's license |
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| 31 | 31 | | that is filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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| 32 | 32 | | application that was filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 33 | 33 | | subject to the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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| 34 | 34 | | of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 35 | 35 | | purpose. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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