TITLE: Relating to the testing required for a commercial driver's license for veterans of the United States armed forces with previous truck driving experience.

SUMMARY: Relating to the testing required for a commercial driver's license for veterans of the United States armed forces with previous truck driving experience.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the testing required for a commercial driver's license for veterans of the United States armed forces with previous truck driving experience. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 522.023, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: (j) To the extent allowed by federal law, the department shall waive the knowledge test for a veteran of the United States armed forces who previously held a commercial driver's license or similar authority to operate a commercial motor vehicle or whose service in the armed forces involved the operation of trucks comparable to commercial motor vehicles. The department shall by rule: (1) determine the type of military service that is comparable to the operation of commercial motor vehicles; and (2) prescribe the form of proof required to establish that the person previously held a commercial driver's license or similar authority to operate a commercial motor vehicle. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.