89R18094 MZM-D
By: Patterson, Holt H.B. No. 647
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 647:
By: Hefner C.S.H.B. No. 647
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's
licenses; authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.221, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The department:
(1) shall remove a restriction that requires the
license holder to wear corrective lenses for vision and mail to the
license holder a new driver's license that does not include the
restriction if the license holder submits to the department:
(A) a written statement from a licensed physician
or optometrist verifying that the license holder's vision has been
surgically corrected and the license holder no longer requires
corrective lenses for vision; and
(B) the required fee;
(2) shall establish a process by which a person may
submit to the department electronically or by mail the form and fee
described by Subdivision (1); and
(3) may not mail a new driver's license under this
subsection to a person whose driver's license record indicates that
the person is subject to the registration requirements of Chapter
62, Code of Criminal Procedure.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.