Tex. Transp. Code § 521.242 · Subchapter L. OCCUPATIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE
ELIGIBILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person is eligible to apply for an occupational driver's license if:
(1) the person's license has been suspended, revoked, or canceled for a cause other than:
(A) a physical or mental disability or impairment; or
(B) a determination by the department under Section 521.294 that the person is incapable of safely operating a motor vehicle;
(2) the person does not hold a driver's license and is ineligible to obtain a driver's license because of a suspension order, including an order due to a conviction or an order under Chapter 524 or 724; or
(3) the person is ineligible to obtain a driver's license because the person holds a driver's license issued by another state or country that was suspended, revoked, or canceled for a cause other than a physical or mental disability or impairment.
(b) An occupational driver's license does not authorize a person to operate a commercial motor vehicle to which Chapter 522 applies.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.83(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1289, Sec. 1, 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 941, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 860 (H.B. 438), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1067 (H.B. 2246), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 386 (H.B. 291), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm
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Transportation Code
- Tex. Transp. Code § 521.294DEPARTMENT'S DETERMINATION FOR LICENSE REVOCATION.Printed as Section 521.294
- Tex. Transp. Code ch. 522COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSESPrinted as Chapter 522
- Tex. Transp. Code ch. 524ADMINISTRATIVE SUSPENSION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR FAILURE TO PASS TEST FOR INTOXICATIONPrinted as Chapter 524
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