By: Patterson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Blanco) H.B. No. 911

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2021; May 12, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs & Border Security; May 19, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 19, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to veterans.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 521.102, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:

(g) The department shall establish and maintain on the department's Internet website forms and procedures by which a veteran or disabled veteran may request and provide the proof required for a designation on a personal identification certificate or renewal of a personal identification certificate with a designation under this section by submitting a form and the required proof electronically on the department's Internet website.

SECTION 2. Section 521.1235, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:

(g) The department shall establish and maintain on the department's Internet website forms and procedures by which a veteran or disabled veteran may request and provide the proof required for a designation on a driver's license or renewal of a driver's license with a designation under this section by submitting a form and the required proof electronically on the department's Internet website.

SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2022, the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas shall establish and maintain on the department's Internet website the forms and procedures required by Sections 521.102(g) and 521.1235(g), Transportation Code, as added by this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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