By Hodge                                        H.B. No. 2391

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the period of validity of and fees for a personal

 1-3     identification certificate.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter M, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,

 1-6     is amended by adding Section 521.2711 to read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 521.2711.  PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE

 1-8     EXPIRATION.  (a)  Each personal identification certificate expires

 1-9     on the 60th birthday of the certificate holder.

1-10           (b)  A personal identification certificate that is renewed

1-11     expires on the 12th anniversary of the expiration date before

1-12     renewal.

1-13           SECTION 2.  Section 521.422, Transportation Code, is amended

1-14     to read as follows:

1-15           Sec. 521.422.  PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE FEE.  (a)

1-16     The fee for issuance of a personal identification certificate is:

1-17                 (1)  $85 if on the date of application the applicant is

1-18     younger than 25 years of age;

1-19                 (2)  $75 if on the date of application the applicant is

1-20     at least 25 years of age but younger than 35 years of age;

1-21                 (3)  $60 if on the date of application the applicant is

1-22     at least 35 years of age but younger than 45 years of age;

1-23                 (4)  $40 if on the date of application the applicant is

1-24     at least 45 years of age but younger than 50 years of age;

 2-1                 (5)  $20 if on the date of application the applicant is

 2-2     at least 50 years of age but younger than 55 years of age; and

 2-3                 (6)  $16 if on the date of application the applicant is

 2-4     at least 55 years of age.

 2-5           (b)  The fee for renewal of a personal identification

 2-6     certificate is[:]

 2-7                 [(1)  $10 for a person under 65 years of age; and]

 2-8                 [(2)]  $5 for a person 60 [65] years of age or older.

 2-9           (c)  The department shall provide, on request of the

2-10     applicant, for payment in installments over a period of one year of

2-11     a fee prescribed by Subsection (a).

2-12           SECTION 3.  Section 521.101(f), Transportation Code, is

2-13     amended to read as follows:

2-14           (f)  On request of a certificate holder who is at least 21

2-15     years of age, the department shall remove an "UNDER 21" indication

2-16     from the holder's certificate without charge [A certificate expires

2-17     on a date specified by the department].

2-18           SECTION 4.  A personal identification certificate for which a

2-19     renewal application is filed on or after the effective date of this

2-20     Act is subject to the expiration and fee provisions applicable to

2-21     an  original certificate under Chapter 521, Transportation Code, as

2-22     amended by this Act.

2-23           SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

2-24           SECTION 6.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-25     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-26     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-27     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 3-1     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.