{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-522.014","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 522.014","heading":"PERMIT.","body":"(a) The department may issue a commercial learner's permit to an individual who:\n(1) has been issued a driver's license by the department; and\n(2) has passed the vision and written tests required for the class of vehicle to be driven.\n(b) A commercial learner's permit must be a separate document from a driver's license or a commercial driver's license.\n(c) The issuance of a commercial learner's permit is required for:\n(1) the initial issuance of a commercial driver's license; or\n(2) the upgrade in classification of a commercial driver's license that requires a skills test.\n(d) A commercial learner's permit holder may not take a commercial driver's license skills test before the 15th day after the date of the issuance of the permit.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 752 (H.B. 1888), Sec. 6, eff. January 1, 2016.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS","CHAPTER 522. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES","SUBCHAPTER B. LICENSE OR PERMIT REQUIRED"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.522.htm#522.014","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"ae758e9386b175d1c78887f54327424c72a9461c25989b9e52a6e4473bab4f5e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-522.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-522.015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}