TITLE: Relating to the provision in the Nepali language of application forms and an alternate examination for a driver's license.

SUMMARY: Relating to the provision in the Nepali language of application forms and an alternate examination for a driver's license.

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AN ACT relating to the provision in the Nepali language of application forms and an alternate examination for a driver's license. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 521.015 to read as follows: Sec. 521.015. LICENSE APPLICATION AND FORMS IN NEPALI. The department shall provide in Nepali: (1) the application form for an original or renewal driver's license; and (2) all other forms required under Subchapter Gfor an application for an original or renewal driver's license. SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 521.1621 to read as follows: Sec. 521.1621. ALTERNATE EXAMINATION IN NEPALI. (a) The department shall design and administer in each county of this state an alternate examination for Nepali-speaking applicants who are unable to take the regular examination in English. (b) The alternate examination must be identical to the examination administered to other applicants under Section 521.161 except that all directions and written material, other than the text of highway signs, must be in Nepali. The text of highway signs must be in English. SECTION 3. Section 521.1621, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an application for a driver's license that is filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An application that was filed before the effective date of this Act is subject to the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.