Tex.
Transp. Code Section 521.201
License Ineligibility in General
(1)
is under 15 years of age;(2)
is under 18 years of age unless the person complies with the requirements imposed by Section 521.204 (Restrictions on Minor);(3)
is shown to be addicted to the use of alcohol, a controlled substance, or another drug that renders a person incapable of driving;(4)
holds a driver’s license issued by this state or another state or country that is revoked, canceled, or under suspension;(5)
has been determined by a judgment of a court to be totally incapacitated or incapacitated to act as the operator of a motor vehicle unless the person has, by the date of the license application, been:(A)
restored to capacity by judicial decree; or(B)
released from a hospital for the mentally incapacitated on a certificate by the superintendent or administrator of the hospital that the person has regained capacity;(6)
the department determines to be afflicted with a mental or physical disability or disease that prevents the person from exercising reasonable and ordinary control over a motor vehicle while operating the vehicle on a highway, except that a person may not be refused a license because of a physical defect if common experience shows that the defect does not incapacitate a person from safely operating a motor vehicle;(7)
has been reported by a court under Section 521.3452 (Procedure in Cases Involving Minors) for failure to appear unless the court has filed an additional report on final disposition of the case; or(8)
has been reported by a court for failure to appear or default in payment of a fine for a misdemeanor that is not covered under Subdivision (7) and that is punishable by a fine only, including a misdemeanor under a municipal ordinance, committed by a person who was under 17 years of age at the time of the alleged offense, unless the court has filed an additional report on final disposition of the case.
Source:
Section 521.201 — License Ineligibility in General, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm#521.201
(accessed Apr. 20, 2024).