By Wise, Chavez, Keel, Garcia H.B. No. 396
77R2622 JD-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the requirement that an applicant for a driver's
1-3 license provide certain identification information to the
1-4 Department of Public Safety.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 231.302, Family Code, is amended by
1-7 amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (h) and (i) to read
1-8 as follows:
1-9 (c) To assist in the administration of laws relating to
1-10 child support enforcement under Parts A and D of Title IV of the
1-11 federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sections 601-617 and
1-12 651-669):
1-13 (1) each licensing authority shall request and each
1-14 applicant for a license shall provide the applicant's social
1-15 security number, except as provided by Subsection (h);
1-16 (2) each agency administering a contract that provides
1-17 for a payment of state funds shall request and each individual or
1-18 entity bidding on a state contract shall provide the individual's
1-19 or entity's social security number as required by Section 231.006,
1-20 Family Code; and
1-21 (3) each agency administering a state-funded grant or
1-22 loan program shall request and each applicant for a grant or loan
1-23 shall provide the applicant's social security number as required by
1-24 Section 231.006, Family Code.
2-1 (h) An application for a driver's license under Chapter 521,
2-2 Transportation Code, may be accompanied by:
2-3 (1) the applicant's social security number;
2-4 (2) an SSA L-676 letter issued by the United States
2-5 Social Security Administration stating that the applicant is
2-6 ineligible to obtain a social security number;
2-7 (3) a temporary identification number issued to the
2-8 applicant by the United States Internal Revenue Service; or
2-9 (4) an affidavit of the applicant stating that the
2-10 applicant has not been issued a social security number, SSA L-676
2-11 letter, or temporary identification number.
2-12 (i) An affidavit under Subsection (h)(4) must be sworn to
2-13 and subscribed by the applicant before a notary public of this
2-14 state and must read as follows:
2-15 "I, _______________, swear under penalty of perjury that I
2-16 have not been issued:
2-17 (1) a social security number or an SSA L-676 letter by
2-18 the United States Social Security Administration; or
2-19 (2) a temporary identification number by the United
2-20 States Internal Revenue Service."
2-21 SECTION 2. Section 521.142(a), Transportation Code, is
2-22 amended to read as follows:
2-23 (a) An application for an original license must state the
2-24 applicant's full name and place and date of birth. This
2-25 information must be verified by presentation of proof of identity
2-26 [satisfactory] to the department. Proof of identity is sufficient
2-27 if the proof presented is:
3-1 (1) a driver's license or personal identification
3-2 certificate issued to the applicant by the department, regardless
3-3 of whether the license or certificate has expired;
3-4 (2) a valid driver's license or valid identification
3-5 document bearing a photograph of the applicant and issued to the
3-6 applicant by another state;
3-7 (3) a passport or identity card bearing a photograph
3-8 of the applicant and issued to the applicant by another country or
3-9 a governmental agency of another country, regardless of whether the
3-10 passport or identity card has expired;
3-11 (4) a duplicate original birth certificate or a
3-12 certified copy of a birth certificate issued by this or another
3-13 state or by another country, if accompanied by supporting
3-14 documentation required by department rule and, if the birth
3-15 certificate is in a language other than English, by a translation
3-16 of the birth certificate that is notarized by a notary public of
3-17 this or another state; or
3-18 (5) any other proof of identity satisfactory to the
3-19 department.
3-20 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
3-21 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to an
3-22 application for a driver's license made on or after September 1,
3-23 2001.
3-24 (c) An application for a driver's license made before
3-25 September 1, 2001, is covered by the law in effect on the date of
3-26 application, and the former law is continued in effect for that
3-27 purpose.