H.B. No. 4337
AN ACT
relating to licenses and similar documents issued by certain
foreign governments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.01(2), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(2) "Governmental record" means:
(A) anything belonging to, received by, or kept
by government for information, including a court record;
(B) anything required by law to be kept by others
for information of government;
(C) a license, certificate, permit, seal, title,
letter of patent, or similar document issued by government, by
another state, [or] by the United States, or by a foreign government
engaged in a reciprocal treaty or memorandum of understanding with
the United States;
(D) a standard proof of motor vehicle liability
insurance form described by Section 601.081, Transportation Code, a
certificate of an insurance company described by Section 601.083 of
that code, a document purporting to be such a form or certificate
that is not issued by an insurer authorized to write motor vehicle
liability insurance in this state, an electronic submission in a
form described by Section 502.046(i), Transportation Code, or an
evidence of financial responsibility described by Section 601.053
of that code;
(E) an official ballot or other election record;
or
(F) the written documentation a mobile food unit
is required to obtain under Section 437.0074, Health and Safety
Code.
SECTION 2. Section 522.015, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 522.015. LICENSE OR PERMIT ISSUED BY OTHER
JURISDICTION. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), a [A] person may
drive a commercial motor vehicle in this state if:
(1) either:
(A) the person has a commercial driver's license
or a commercial learner's permit issued by [:
[(A)] another state in accordance with the
minimum federal standards for the issuance of a commercial motor
vehicle driver's license; or
(B) the person:
(i) has a commercial driver's license or a
commercial learner's permit issued by a foreign jurisdiction the
testing and licensing standards of which the United States
Department of Transportation has determined meet the requirements
of the federal act; and
(ii) is authorized under federal law to
work in the United States;
(2) the person's license or permit is appropriate for
the class of vehicle being driven;
(3) the person is not disqualified from driving a
commercial motor vehicle and is not subject to an out-of-service
order;
(4) the person has not had a domicile in this state for
more than 30 days; and
(5) if the person has a permit, the person also has a
driver's license issued by the same jurisdiction that issued the
permit.
(b) If a person has a commercial driver's license or a
commercial learner's permit described by Subsection (a)(1)(B)(i)
and is not authorized under federal law to work in the United States
but satisfies all of the other requirements of Subsection (a), the
person may drive a commercial motor vehicle only in a county
bordering the United Mexican States.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4337 was passed by the House on May 6,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4337 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor