Texas Transportation Code
§ 522.023 — TESTS
TN § 522.023Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS · Ch. 522. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES · Art. C. LICENSE OR PERMIT APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE
Statute text
View on source(a)The tests required by Section 522.022 must be prescribed by the department.
(b)Except as provided by Subsection (d), the knowledge test must be conducted by the department. The department shall provide each applicant who has a reading impairment an opportunity to take the knowledge test orally or, at the applicant's option, the applicant may have the questions read to the applicant and may answer in writing.
(c)Except as provided by Subsection (d), the department must conduct the skills test.
(d)The department may authorize a person, including an agency of this or another state, an employer, a private driver training facility or other private institution, or a department, agency, or instrumentality of local government, to:
(1)administer the skills test specified by this section if:
(A)the test is the same that would be administered by the department; and
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 424 (S.B. 1372), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2008. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 752 (H.B. 1888), Sec. 10, eff. January 1, 2016. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 274 (H.B. 3395), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 231 (H.B. 1846), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.