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