Tex. Transp. Code § 522.014 · Subchapter B. LICENSE OR PERMIT REQUIRED
PERMIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 752 (H.B. 1888), Sec. 6, eff. January 1, 2016.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.522.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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