76R9506 WP-F
By Turner of Coleman H.B. No. 2938
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2938:
By Turner of Coleman C.S.H.B. No. 2938
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the verification of the social security number and
1-3 lawful presence in the United States of a driver's license holder
1-4 or applicant.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 521.044(a), Transportation Code, is
1-7 amended to read as follows:
1-8 (a) Information provided on a driver's license application
1-9 that relates to the applicant's social security number and any
1-10 information that may verify an applicant's social security number
1-11 may be used only by the department or disclosed only to:
1-12 (1) the child support enforcement division of the
1-13 attorney general's office; or
1-14 (2) another state entity responsible for enforcing the
1-15 payment of child support.
1-16 SECTION 2. Section 521.101(d), Transportation Code, is
1-17 amended to read as follows:
1-18 (d) The department may require each applicant for an
1-19 original, renewal, or duplicate personal identification certificate
1-20 to furnish to the department the information required by Sections
1-21 [Section] 521.142 and 521.147.
1-22 SECTION 3. Section 521.142, Transportation Code, is amended
1-23 by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
1-24 follows:
2-1 (a) An application for an original license must state the
2-2 applicant's full name, [and] place and date of birth, and social
2-3 security number. This information must be verified by presentation
2-4 of proof [of identity] satisfactory to the department.
2-5 (g) The department may require an applicant to produce any
2-6 documents it determines to be necessary to verify information on an
2-7 application.
2-8 SECTION 4. Subchapter G, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
2-9 is amended by adding Sections 521.147 and 521.148 to read as
2-10 follows:
2-11 Sec. 521.147. LEGAL RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT. (a) The
2-12 department may deny or cancel any original, renewal, or duplicate
2-13 driver's license or personal identification certificate if an
2-14 applicant does not submit satisfactory proof that an applicant's
2-15 presence in the United States is authorized under federal law.
2-16 (b) The department shall cancel a driver's license or
2-17 personal identification certificate for a person after receiving
2-18 notice from the United States Immigration and Naturalization
2-19 Service that the person is unlawfully in the United States.
2-20 (c) An applicant who submits for the purposes of this
2-21 section a birth certificate or other documentation issued outside
2-22 the United States must offer proof of being legally in the United
2-23 States.
2-24 Sec. 521.148. SOCIAL SECURITY VERIFICATION. (a) The
2-25 department may verify through the Social Security Administration:
2-26 (1) a social security number provided by an applicant
2-27 for an original, renewal, or duplicate driver's license or personal
3-1 identification certificate; and
3-2 (2) any social security number on file with the
3-3 department.
3-4 (b) The department may deny or cancel any original, renewal,
3-5 or duplicate driver's license or personal identification
3-6 certificate if the social security number provided by the applicant
3-7 does not correspond with the information obtained by the department
3-8 through the verification process with the Social Security
3-9 Administration.
3-10 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2000.
3-11 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
3-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.