{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-522.0235","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 522.0235","heading":"ALTERNATIVE VISUAL STANDARDS FOR INTRASTATE DRIVER.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department by rule may use the alternative visual acuity standard prescribed by 49 C.F.R. Section 391.44 if an individual does not meet the visual acuity standard for a commercial driver's license prescribed by 49 C.F.R. Section 391.41 if the person who is applying for a commercial driver's license or who has been issued a commercial driver's license is a person who drives a commercial motor vehicle only in this state.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to standards for distant binocular acuity.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.100(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 609 (H.B. 3646), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 609 (H.B. 3646), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS","CHAPTER 522. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES","SUBCHAPTER C. LICENSE OR PERMIT APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.522.htm#522.0235","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"2009d6995a276ed0f408b6ede897523b632691811910b30bac45ac7864d7227d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-522.023","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-522.024"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}