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H.B. No. 647 AN ACT relating to the removal of certain restrictions imposed on driver's licenses; authorizing a fee. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 521.221, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) The department: (1) shall remove a restriction that requires the license holder to wear corrective lenses for vision and mail to the license holder a new driver's license that does not include the restriction if the license holder submits to the department: (A) a written statement from a licensed physician or optometrist verifying that the license holder's vision has been surgically corrected and the license holder no longer requires corrective lenses for vision; and (B) the required fee; (2) shall establish a process by which a person may submit to the department electronically or by mail the form and fee described by Subdivision (1); and (3) may not mail a new driver's license under this subsection to a person whose driver's license record indicates that the person is subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure. SECTION 2. The Texas Department of Public Safety is required to implement this Act only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the agency may, but is not required to, implement this Act using other appropriations available for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 647 was passed by the House on April 10, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 1 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 647 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 115, Nays 23, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 647 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor
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