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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons |
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that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence |
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address. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.1211, Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 521.1211. DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR PEACE OFFICERS AND |
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PROSECUTORS [OFFICER]. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Peace [, "peace] officer" has the meaning |
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assigned by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, except that |
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the term includes a special investigator as defined by Article |
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2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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(2) "Prosecutor" means a county attorney, district |
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attorney, criminal district attorney, assistant county attorney, |
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assistant district attorney, or assistant criminal district |
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attorney. |
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(a-1) This section applies only to a peace officer and a |
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prosecutor. |
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(b) Notwithstanding Section 521.121(a), the department by |
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rule shall adopt procedures for the issuance of a driver's license |
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to an applicant [a peace officer] that omits the license holder's |
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actual residence address and includes, as an alternative, an |
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address described under Subsection (f) [that is acceptable to the |
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department and is in the: |
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[(1) municipality or county of the peace officer's |
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residence; or |
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[(2) county of the peace officer's place of |
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employment]. |
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(c) To be issued a driver's license under this section, an |
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applicant [a peace officer] must apply to the department and |
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provide sufficient evidence acceptable to the department to |
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establish the applicant's status as a person described under |
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Subsection (a-1) [peace officer]. On issuance of the license, the |
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license holder shall surrender any other driver's license issued to |
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the holder by the department. |
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(d) If the holder of a driver's license that includes an |
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alternative address moves to a new residence, or, for a prosecutor, |
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to a new office address, or if the name of the person is changed by |
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marriage or otherwise, the license holder shall, not later than the |
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30th day after the date of the address or name change, notify the |
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department and provide the department with the number of the |
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person's driver's license and, as applicable, the person's: |
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(1) former and new addresses; or |
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(2) former and new names. |
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(e) If the holder of a driver's license that includes an |
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alternative address ceases to be a person described by Subsection |
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(a-1) [peace officer], the license holder shall, not later than the |
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30th day after the date of the status change, apply to the |
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department for issuance of a duplicate license. The duplicate |
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license must include the person's actual current residence address. |
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(f) The department shall accept as an alternative address: |
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(1) for a peace officer, an address that is in the: |
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(A) municipality or county of the peace officer's |
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residence; or |
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(B) county of the peace officer's place of |
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employment; and |
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(2) for a prosecutor, the address of an office of the |
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prosecutor. |
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SECTION 2. Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) Pursuant to Section 63.001(c), proof of identification |
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is presented only for the purpose of identifying a voter and not for |
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verification of residence. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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