Title TN, Transportation Code

Sec. 521.005. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. The department may adopt rules necessary to administer this chapter. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.72, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Sec. 521.006. ADVERTISING IN DRIVER'S HANDBOOK AND DRIVER'S LICENSE MAILINGS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the department may sell advertising for inclusion in: (1) any driver's handbook that the department publishes; and (2) any mailing the department makes in conne…

Sec. 521.0061. ADVERTISING INSIDE DRIVER'S LICENSE OFFICES. The department may enter into an agreement with a public or private entity for a digital message display system to promote department information or news items of general interest in a publicly accessible area of a drive…

Sec. 521.0062. INFORMATION ON DRIVING WITH AUTISM. The department may make available, in a publicly accessible area of a driver's license office, informational materials and videos on driving with autism that are developed by an appropriate entity, as determined by the department…

Sec. 521.0063. INFORMATION ON BONE MARROW DONATION. The department may make available, in a publicly accessible area of a driver's license office, informational materials and videos on bone marrow donation that are developed by an appropriate entity, as determined by the departme…

Sec. 521.007. TEMPORARY VISITOR STATIONS. (a) The department shall designate as temporary visitor stations certain driver's license offices. (b) A driver's license office designated as a temporary visitor station under this section must have at least two staff members who have co…

Sec. 521.008. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) When a person applies for an original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate driver's license or personal identification certificate under this chapter, the person may contribute $1 or more to the following: (1) the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-…

Sec. 521.009. PROGRAM REGARDING THE PROVISION OF RENEWAL AND DUPLICATE DRIVER'S LICENSE AND OTHER IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE SERVICES. (a) The department may establish a program for the provision of renewal and duplicate driver's license, election identification certificate, and …

Sec. 521.011. SERVICES INFORMATION FOR VETERANS. The department and the Texas Veterans Commission shall jointly develop a one-page informational paper about veterans services provided by this state for veterans who receive: (1) a driver's license with a designation under Section …

Sec. 521.012. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION FOR GRANT PROGRAM FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (a) When a person applies for an original or renewal driver's license or personal identification certificate under this chapter, the person …

Sec. 521.013. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION FOR TRAFFICKED PERSONS PROGRAM ACCOUNT. (a) When a person applies for an original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate driver's license or personal identification certificate under this chapter, the department shall, in a conspicuous manner, dire…

Sec. 521.014. TEXAS 1836 PROJECT PAMPHLET. (a) The department shall provide the pamphlet described by Section 451.005, Government Code, to persons who receive a driver's license: (1) after applying under Section 521.144; or (2) with an expiration provided by Section 521.271(a-2) …

Sec. 521.015. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT ADOPTION. (a) When a person applies for an original or renewal driver's license or personal identification certificate under this chapter, the person may contribute any amount to the Support Adoption account established by Section 4…

Sec. 521.021. LICENSE REQUIRED. A person, other than a person expressly exempted under this chapter, may not operate a motor vehicle on a highway in this state unless the person holds a driver's license issued under this chapter. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. …

Sec. 521.022. RESTRICTIONS ON OPERATORS OF CERTAIN SCHOOL BUSES. (a) A person under 18 years of age may not operate a school bus for the transportation of students. (b) A person who is 18 years of age or older may not operate a school bus unless the person holds an appropriate cl…

Sec. 521.023. JUNIOR COLLEGE BUSES. (a) A person who is 18 years of age or older and who is licensed by the department to operate a motor vehicle as a school bus may operate the motor vehicle for the transportation of junior college students and employees to and from school or of…

Sec. 521.024. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN COMMON CARRIERS. (a) A person under 18 years of age may not operate a motor vehicle while that vehicle is in use as a public or common carrier of persons unless the person is licensed to operate the vehicle. (b) A person may not operate a tax…

Sec. 521.025. LICENSE TO BE CARRIED AND EXHIBITED ON DEMAND; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person required to hold a license under Section 521.021 shall: (1) have in the person's possession while operating a motor vehicle the class of driver's license appropriate for the type of vehicl…

Sec. 521.026. DISMISSAL OF EXPIRED LICENSE CHARGE. (a) A judge may dismiss a charge of driving with an expired license if the defendant remedies this defect within 20 working days or before the defendant's first court appearance date, whichever is later. (b) The judge may assess …

Sec. 521.027. PERSONS EXEMPT FROM LICENSE REQUIREMENT. The following persons are exempt from the license requirement imposed under this chapter: (1) a person in the service of the state military forces or the United States while the person is operating an official motor vehicle i…

Sec. 521.028. EFFECT OF MILITARY SERVICE ON LICENSE REQUIREMENT. (a) Unless the license is suspended, canceled, or revoked as provided by law, a driver's license issued by this state that is held by a person who is on active duty in the armed forces of the United States and is ab…

Sec. 521.029. OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE BY NEW STATE RESIDENTS. (a) A person who enters this state as a new resident may operate a motor vehicle in this state for no more than 90 days after the date on which the person enters this state if the person: (1) is 16 years of age or o…

Sec. 521.030. RECIPROCAL LICENSE. (a) A nonresident who is 18 years of age or older and who has in the person's possession a license issued to the person by the person's state or country of residence that is similar to a Class A or Class B driver's license issued under this chapt…

Sec. 521.0305. AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES. (a) The department may enter into an agreement with a foreign country under which: (1) a person who is 18 years of age or older and who has in the person's possession a license issued to the person by that country that is similar …

Sec. 521.031. LICENSE FROM OTHER AUTHORITY. A person holding a driver's license under this chapter is not required to obtain a license for the operation of a motor vehicle from another state authority or department. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 521.032. ENHANCED DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE. (a) The department may issue an enhanced driver's license or personal identification certificate for the purposes of crossing the border between this state and Mexico to an applicant who provides the …

Sec. 521.041. APPLICATION RECORDS; RECORDS OF DENIAL, SUSPENSION, CANCELLATION, OR REVOCATION. (a) The department shall record each driver's license application received by the department. (b) The department shall maintain suitable indexes, in alphabetical or numerical order, tha…

Sec. 521.042. COLLISION AND CONVICTION REPORTS; INDIVIDUAL RECORDS. (a) Except as provided by this section, the department shall record each collision report and abstract of the court record of a conviction received by the department under a law of this state. (b) The records mus…

Sec. 521.043. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN UNNECESSARY RECORDS. The department is not required to maintain records relating to a person if the director decides that the records are no longer necessary, except that the department shall maintain a record of a conviction as long as the re…

Sec. 521.044. USE OR DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER INFORMATION. (a) Information provided on a driver's license or personal identification certificate application that relates to the applicant's social security number may be used only by the department or disclosed only to:…

Sec. 521.0445. NOTICE REGARDING SUSPENSION OF LICENSE FOR NONPAYMENT OF CHILD SUPPORT. The department shall include in each notice sent to a driver's license holder a statement advising a holder who is delinquent in the payment of child support to make satisfactory arrangements w…

Sec. 521.045. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR. On receipt of a written request and payment of a $4 fee, the department may disclose information relating to an individual's date of birth, current license status, and most recent address, as shown i…

Sec. 521.046. DISCLOSURE OF COLLISION AND CONVICTION INFORMATION. (a) In addition to the information authorized to be released under Section 521.045, on receipt of a written request and payment of a $6 fee, the department may disclose that information and information regarding ea…

Sec. 521.047. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO LICENSE HOLDER. (a) The department may disclose information relating to a license holder to that license holder on receipt of a written request that includes the individual's driver's license number or the individual's full name and date…

Sec. 521.0475. DISCLOSURE OF ABSTRACT RECORD. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department shall provide a certified abstract of a complete driving record of a license holder, for a fee of $20, to the license holder or a person eligible to receive the information unde…

Sec. 521.048. CERTIFIED INFORMATION. The department may disclose information under Section 521.046 or 521.047 that is certified by the custodian of records on payment of a $10 fee for each individual request. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Sec. 521.0485. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION BY MAIL OR ELECTRONIC MEANS. (a) The department by rule may provide that the holder of a driver's license issued by the department may submit a request for information under Sections 521.045-521.048 by mail, by telephone, over the Internet,…

Sec. 521.049. INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES. (a) The department shall disclose information relating to the name, date of birth, and most recent address as shown in department records to the Texas Department of Health during an emergency or epidemic declare…

Sec. 521.050. SALE OF LICENSE INFORMATION. (a) In addition to the provisions of this subchapter relating to the disclosure of driver's license information on an individual, the department may provide a purchaser, in a format prescribed by the department and acceptable to the purc…

Sec. 521.051. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION PROHIBITED. The department may not disclose class-type listings from the basic driver's license record file to any person except as provided by Section 521.049(c), regardless of whether the requestor is eligible to receive the infor…

Sec. 521.052. DISCLOSURE OF INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION PROHIBITED. Except as provided by Sections 521.045, 521.046, 521.0475, 521.049(c), and 521.050, and by Chapter 730, the department may not disclose information from the department's files that relates to personal information, as …

Sec. 521.053. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE INFORMATION. (a) The department may provide to any person the information specified by Section 521.045, 521.046, 521.0475, or 521.047, for the fee required by those sections, that relate to the holder of or applicant for a commercial driv…

Sec. 521.054. NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS OR NAME. (a) This section applies to a person who: (1) after applying for or being issued a license or certificate moves to a new residence address; (2) has used the procedure under Section 521.121(c) and whose status as a federal judge, …

Sec. 521.055. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERACTIVE SYSTEM. (a) The department may establish a system, separate from the department's mainframe computer, that will allow interactive access to certain driver's license record information. (b) The system may provide for the release of drivin…

Sec. 521.056. NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER. (a) The department may process file check requests under the National Driver Register on behalf of current or prospective employers of individuals employed or seeking employment as operators of motor vehicles or railway locomotive operators…

Sec. 521.057. INFORMATION REGARDING CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS. (a) On receipt of a court order issued under Article 42.016, Code of Criminal Procedure, the department shall ensure that any driver's license record or personal identification certificate record maintained by the departm…