Tex. Transp. Code § 522.014

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 522.014 - Permit

(a) The department may issue a commercial learner's permit to an individual who:

(1) has been issued a driver's license by the department; and

(2) has passed the vision and written tests required for the class of vehicle to be driven.

(b) A commercial learner's permit must be a separate document from a driver's license or a commercial driver's license.

(c) The issuance of a commercial learner's permit is required for:

(1) the initial issuance of a commercial driver's license; or

(2) the upgrade in classification of a commercial driver's license that requires a skills test.

(d) A commercial learner's permit holder may not take a commercial driver's license skills test before the 15th day after the date of the issuance of the permit.

Tex. Transp. Code § 522.014

Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 752 (H.B. 1888), Sec. 6, eff. January 1, 2016

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.