SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 522.001 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the Texas Commercial Driver's License Act. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
- Texas Section 522.002 - Construction
This chapter is a remedial law that shall be liberally construed to promote the public health, safety, and welfare. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165,...
- Texas Section 522.003 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Alcohol" means: (A) beer, ale, port, stout, sake, or any other similar fermented beverages or products containing one-half of one percent...
- Texas Section 522.004 - Applicability
(a) This chapter does not apply to: (1) a vehicle that is controlled and operated by a farmer and: (A) used to transport agricultural products,...
- Texas Section 522.005 - Rulemaking Authority
The department may adopt rules necessary to carry out this chapter and the federal act and to maintain compliance with 49 C.F.R. Parts 383 and...
- Texas Section 522.006 - Contracting Authority
The department may enter into a contract to carry out this chapter, including a contract with an agency of another state or with another organization....
SUBCHAPTER B LICENSE OR PERMIT REQUIRED
- Texas Section 522.007 - Exemption For Neighboring States
(a) The public safety director shall enter negotiations with an appropriate person or entity of a state bordering this state for the purpose of applying...
- Texas Section 522.011 - License Or Permit Required; Offense
(a) A person may not drive a commercial motor vehicle unless: (1) the person: (A) has in the person's immediate possession a commercial driver's license...
- Texas Section 522.012 - Restricted License
(a) If the department is authorized under the federal act to grant the waiver, the department by rule may waive the knowledge and skills tests...
- Texas Section 522.013 - Non-domiciled License Or Permit
(a) The department may issue a non-domiciled commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit to a person domiciled in a foreign jurisdiction if the secretary...
- Texas 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)...
SUBCHAPTER C LICENSE OR PERMIT APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE
- Texas Section 522.015 - License Or Permit Issued By Other Jurisdiction
A person may drive a commercial motor vehicle in this state if: (1) the person has a commercial driver's license or a commercial learner's permit...
- Texas Section 522.021 - Application; Offense
(a) An application for a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit must include: (1) the full name and current residence and mailing address of...
- Texas Section 522.022 - License Requirements
The department may not issue a commercial driver's license other than a non-domiciled license to a person unless the person: (1) has a domicile: (A)...
- Texas Section 522.0225 - Verification Of Domicile
(a) The department shall adopt rules for determining whether a domicile has been established under Section 522.022, including rules prescribing the types of documentation the...
- Texas Section 522.0226 - Post Office Box Not Valid As Address
(a) In this section, "post office box address" means a United States Postal Service post office box address or a private mailbox address. (b) Unless...
- Texas Section 522.023 - Tests
(a) The tests required by Section 522.022 must be prescribed by the department. (b) The knowledge test must be conducted by the department. The department...
- Texas Section 522.0235 - Waiver Of Visual Standards For Intrastate Driver
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department by rule may provide for a waiver of the visual standards for a commercial driver's license...
- Texas Section 522.024 - Additional Testing
To ensure compliance with the federal act and to promote the systematic conversion to commercial driver's licenses, the department may require the commercial driver's license...
- Texas Section 522.025 - Limitations On Issuance Of License Or Permit
(a) The department may not issue a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit to a person who is disqualified from driving a commercial motor...
- Texas Section 522.026 - Limitation On Number Of Driver's Licenses; Offense
(a) A person commits an offense if the person drives a commercial motor vehicle and has more than one driver's license. (b) It is an...
- Texas Section 522.027 - Minimum Age
The department may not issue a commercial driver's license or a commercial learner's permit to a person who is younger than 18 years of age....
- Texas Section 522.028 - Check Of Driving Record
Before issuing a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit, the department shall check the applicant's driving record as required by 49 C.F.R. Section 383.73....
- Texas Section 522.029 - Fees
(a) The fee for a commercial driver's license issued by the department is $60, except as provided by Subsections (f), (h), (j), and (k). (b)...
- Texas Section 522.030 - Content Of License
(a) A commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit must: (1) be marked: (A) "Commercial Driver License" or "CDL" for a commercial driver's license; or...
- Texas Section 522.031 - Notification Of License Issuance
(a) After issuing a commercial driver's license, the department shall notify the commercial driver's license information system of that fact and provide the information required...
- Texas Section 522.032 - Change Of Name Or Address Of License Or Permit Holder; Offense
(a) The holder of a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit who changes the holder's name or mailing address must apply for a duplicate...
- Texas Section 522.033 - Commercial Driver's License Issued To Certain Sex Offenders
(a) The department may issue an original or renewal commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit to a person whose driver's license or personal identification...
SUBCHAPTER D CLASSIFICATION, ENDORSEMENT, OR RESTRICTION OF LICENSE
- Texas Section 522.034 - Application For Authorization To Operate Motorcycle
(a) An applicant for an original commercial driver's license that includes an authorization to operate a motorcycle must furnish to the department evidence satisfactory to...
- Texas Section 522.041 - Classifications
(a) The department may issue a Class A, Class B, or Class C commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit. (b) Class A covers a...
- Texas Section 522.042 - Endorsements; Offense
(a) The department may issue a commercial driver's license with endorsements: (1) authorizing the driving of a vehicle transporting hazardous materials, subject to the requirements...
- Texas Section 522.0425 - Hazardous Materials Endorsement; Cancellation
(a) The department shall cancel or deny the issuance of a hazardous materials endorsement of a person's commercial driver's license within 15 days of the...
SUBCHAPTER E EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL OF LICENSE OR PERMIT
- Texas Section 522.043 - Restrictions; Offense
(a) On issuing a commercial driver's license, the department for good cause may impose one or more restrictions suitable to the license holder's driving ability...
- Texas Section 522.051 - Expiration Of License Or Permit
Sec. 522.051. EXPIRATION OF LICENSE OR PERMIT. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (f) and Sections 522.013(e), 522.033, and 522.054, an original commercial driver's license...
- Texas Section 522.052 - Renewal Of License
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (g), a commercial driver's license issued by the department may be renewed in the year preceding the expiration date....
- Texas Section 522.053 - License Renewal Procedures
(a) A person applying for renewal of a commercial driver's license must complete the application form required by the department, including updated information and required...
- Texas Section 522.054 - License Expiration: Person At Least 85 Years Of Age
(a) Each original commercial driver's license of a person 85 years of age or older expires on the license holder's second birthday after the date...
- Texas Section 522.0541 - Denial Of Renewal Of Commercial Driver License Or Learner Permit
(a) In the manner ordered by a court in another state in connection with a matter involving the violation of a state law or local...
SUBCHAPTER F NOTIFICATION OF CONVICTION, ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION, OR PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
- Texas Section 522.055 - Clearance Notice To Department
On receipt of notice from the other state that the grounds for denial of the renewal of the commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit...
- Texas Section 522.061 - Notification Of Conviction To Department Or Employer
(a) A person who holds or is required to hold a commercial driver's license or a commercial learner's permit under this chapter and who is...
- Texas Section 522.062 - Notification Of Conviction To Licensing Authority In Other State
(a) If a person holds a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or commercial learner's permit issued by another state and is finally convicted of a...
- Texas Section 522.063 - Notification Of Disqualification
A person who is denied the privilege of driving a commercial motor vehicle in a state for any period, who is disqualified from driving a...
SUBCHAPTER G UNAUTHORIZED DRIVING
- Texas Section 522.064 - Notification Of Previous Employment And Offenses
(a) A person who applies for employment as a commercial motor vehicle driver shall provide the employer, at the time of the application, with the...
- Texas Section 522.071 - Driving While Disqualified Prohibited
Sec. 522.071. DRIVING WHILE DISQUALIFIED PROHIBITED. (a) A person commits an offense if the person drives a commercial motor vehicle on a highway: (1) after...
SUBCHAPTER H DISQUALIFICATION FROM DRIVING COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
- Texas Section 522.072 - Employer Responsibilities
Sec. 522.072. EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITIES. (a) An employer may not knowingly permit a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle during a period in which: (1)...
- Texas Section 522.081 - Disqualification
(a) This subsection applies to a violation committed while operating any motor vehicle, including a commercial motor vehicle. A person who holds a commercial driver's...
- Texas Section 522.082 - Reinstatement Following Disqualification For Life
(a) The department may adopt rules establishing guidelines, including conditions, under which a person disqualified for life under Section 522.081(d)(1) may apply to the department...
- Texas Section 522.083 - Update Of Records
After disqualifying a person, the department shall update its records to reflect that action. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
- Texas Section 522.084 - Notification To Other Jurisdiction
After disqualifying a person who has a domicile in another state or in a foreign jurisdiction, the department shall give notice of that fact to...
- Texas Section 522.085 - Probation Of Disqualification Prohibited
Notwithstanding Section 521.303, if a person is disqualified under this chapter, the disqualification may not be probated. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 522.086 - Issuance Of Essential Need Or Occupational Driver's License Prohibited
A person who is disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle may not be granted an essential need or occupational driver's license that would authorize...
- Texas Section 522.087 - Procedures Applicable To Disqualification
(a) A person is automatically disqualified under Section 522.081(a)(1)(B), Section 522.081(b)(2), or Section 522.081(d)(2). An appeal may not be taken from the disqualification. (b) Disqualifying...
- Texas Section 522.088 - Applicability Of Other Law
Section 521.344 of this code and Section 13, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, do not apply to a person disqualified under this chapter. Acts...
- Texas Section 522.088 - Applicability Of Other Law
Section 521.344 of this code and Subchapter I, Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal Procedure, except Article 42A.409 of that subchapter, do not apply to a...
- Texas Section 522.089 - Effect Of Suspension, Revocation, Cancellation, Or Denial Of License Or Permit Under Other Law
(a) A suspension, revocation, cancellation, or denial of a driver's license, permit, or privilege under Chapter 521 or another law of this state disqualifies the...
- Texas Section 522.090 - Additional Penalty
In addition to any penalty imposed under this chapter, a person convicted of an offense under Section 522.071(a)(5) may be penalized or disqualified under 49...
- Texas Section 522.091 - Recognition Of Action Taken By Other State
(a) The department shall give an out-of-state conviction, disqualification, or denial full faith and credit and treat it for sanctioning purposes under this chapter as...
- Texas Section 522.092 - Suspension, Revocation, Cancellation, Or Denial Of Driver's License Under Other Laws
A person subject to disqualification under this chapter may also have the person's driver's license suspended, revoked, canceled, or denied under one or more of...
SUBCHAPTER I DRIVING WHILE HAVING ALCOHOL, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, OR DRUG IN SYSTEM
- Texas Section 522.093 - Self-certification Of Medical Status
The department shall remove the commercial driver's license privilege from the holder of a commercial driver's license or a commercial learner's permit if the holder:...
- Texas Section 522.101 - Driving While Having Alcohol In System Prohibited
(a) Notwithstanding any other law of this state, a person may not drive a commercial motor vehicle in this state while having a measurable or...
- Texas Section 522.102 - Implied Consent To Taking Of Specimen
(a) A person who drives a commercial motor vehicle in this state is considered to have consented, subject to Chapter 724, to the taking of...
- Texas Section 522.103 - Warning By Peace Officer
(a) A peace officer requesting a person to submit a specimen under Section 522.102 shall warn the person that a refusal to submit a specimen...
- Texas Section 522.104 - Submission Of Report To Department
If a person driving a commercial motor vehicle refuses to give a specimen or submits a specimen that discloses an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or...
- Texas Section 522.105 - Disqualification Of Driver
(a) On receipt of a report under Section 522.104, the department shall disqualify the person from driving a commercial motor vehicle under Section 522.081 beginning...
SUBCHAPTER J ANATOMICAL GIFTS
- Texas Section 522.106 - Affidavit By Certified Breath Test Technical Supervisor
(a) In a proceeding under this chapter, the certified breath test technical supervisor responsible for maintaining and directing the operation of the breath test instruments...
- Texas Section 522.151 - Definition
In this subchapter, "registry" means the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry established under Section 692A.020, Health and Safety Code. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 522.152 - Voluntary Contribution To Donor Registry
(a) When an individual applies for an original or renewal commercial driver's license under this chapter, the individual may contribute $1 or more to the...
- Texas Section 522.153 - Statement Of Gift; Provision Of Registry Information
(a) An individual who wishes to be an organ, tissue, or eye donor may execute a statement of gift. (b) The statement of gift may...
- Texas Section 522.154 - Revocation Of Statement Of Gift
(a) To revoke an affirmative statement of gift on an individual's commercial driver's license, the individual must apply to the department for an amendment to...