{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-522.041","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 522.041","heading":"CLASSIFICATIONS.","body":"(a) The department may issue a Class A, Class B, or Class C commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit.\n(b) Class A covers a combination of vehicles with a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more, if the gross vehicle weight rating of the towed vehicle or vehicles exceeds 10,000 pounds.\n(c) Class B covers:\n(1) a single vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more;\n(2) a single vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more towing a vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less; and\n(3) a vehicle designed to transport 24 passengers or more, including the driver.\n(d) Class C covers a single vehicle or combination of vehicles not described by Subsection (b) or (c) that is:\n(1) designed to transport 16-23 passengers, including the driver; or\n(2) used in the transportation of hazardous materials that require the vehicle to be placarded under 49 C.F.R. Part 172, Subpart F.\n(e) The holder of a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit may drive any vehicle in the class for which the license or permit is issued and lesser classes of vehicles except a motorcycle. The holder may drive a motorcycle only if authorization to drive a motorcycle is shown on the commercial driver's license and the requirements for issuance of a motorcycle license have been met.\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. 20, eff. January 1, 2016.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 882 (H.B. 3171), Sec. 1.06, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS","CHAPTER 522. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES","SUBCHAPTER D. CLASSIFICATION, ENDORSEMENT, OR RESTRICTION OF LICENSE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.522.htm#522.041","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"86996b6fef8df1dad21b0cbf3cfc65bae98753d89005f143b7f1e83ccb4d8d63","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-522.035","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-522.042"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}