By Wise                                                H.B. No. 219
         77R1723 JD-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the identification information required of an applicant
 1-3     for a driver's license.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 521.142(a), Transportation Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  An application for an original license must state the
 1-8     applicant's full name and place and date of birth.  This
 1-9     information must be verified by presentation of proof of identity
1-10     [satisfactory] to the department.  Proof of identity is sufficient
1-11     if the proof presented is:
1-12                 (1)  a driver's license or personal identification
1-13     certificate issued to the applicant by the department, regardless
1-14     of whether the license or certificate has expired;
1-15                 (2)  a valid driver's license or valid identification
1-16     document bearing a photograph of the applicant and issued to the
1-17     applicant by another state;
1-18                 (3)  a valid passport or valid national identity card
1-19     bearing a photograph of the applicant and issued to the applicant
1-20     by another country, if accompanied by a certificate of authenticity
1-21     issued within 45 days of the date of application by a consular
1-22     office of the other country that is located in the United States;
1-23                 (4)  a valid birth certificate issued by this or
1-24     another state or by another country, if accompanied by supporting
 2-1     documentation required by department rule; or
 2-2                 (5)  any other proof of identity satisfactory to the
 2-3     department.
 2-4           SECTION 2. (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
 2-5           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to an
 2-6     application for a driver's license made on or after September 1,
 2-7     2001.
 2-8           (c)  An application for a driver's license made before
 2-9     September 1, 2001, is covered by the law in effect on the date of
2-10     application, and the former law is continued in effect for that
2-11     purpose.