Tex. Transp. Code § 522.0235 · Subchapter C. LICENSE OR PERMIT APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE
ALTERNATIVE VISUAL STANDARDS FOR INTRASTATE DRIVER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department by rule may use the alternative visual acuity standard prescribed by 49 C.F.R. Section 391.44 if an individual does not meet the visual acuity standard for a commercial driver's license prescribed by 49 C.F.R. Section 391.41 if the person who is applying for a commercial driver's license or who has been issued a commercial driver's license is a person who drives a commercial motor vehicle only in this state.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to standards for distant binocular acuity.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.100(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 609 (H.B. 3646), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 609 (H.B. 3646), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.522.htm
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