Tex. Transportation Code § 521.053
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 521.053, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 521.053. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE INFORMATION.
Official statutory text
(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 driver's license under Chapter 522 if the person is eligible to receive the information under Chapter 730.
(b) If the information is provided through the commercial driver license information system, the fee for this service is the fee specified in the applicable section plus $2.
(c) The department may provide information under Subsection (a) through the system described by Section 521.055.
(d) The department may provide information maintained under Section 644.252 that relates to a holder of a commercial driver's license under Chapter 522 to the holder, the holder's current employer, or a person acting on behalf of the employer if the department receives the holder's specific written consent to the release of information.
(b) If the information is provided through the commercial driver license information system, the fee for this service is the fee specified in the applicable section plus $2.
(c) The department may provide information under Subsection (a) through the system described by Section 521.055.
(d) The department may provide information maintained under Section 644.252 that relates to a holder of a commercial driver's license under Chapter 522 to the holder, the holder's current employer, or a person acting on behalf of the employer if the department receives the holder's specific written consent to the release of information.
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