Amend CSHB 678 at the end of SECTION 2 of the bill (Committee
printing, page 3, between lines 11 and 12) by inserting the
following:
      Sec. 559.004.  Notwithstanding Sections 521.142 and 521.1425,
Transportation Code, or any other law, the Department of Public
Safety may not:
            (1)  take a thumbprint or fingerprint of an applicant
for an original or renewal driver's license unless the applicant
consents to the taking of the thumbprint or fingerprint; or
            (2)  refuse to issue or renew the driver's license
because the applicant does not consent to the taking of the
thumbprint of fingerprint.