By Zaffirini                                          S.B. No. 1213
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the appearance of a driver's license issued to a person
 1-3     who is under 21 years of age.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 521.121(a), Transportation Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  The driver's license must include:
 1-8                 (1)  a distinguishing number assigned by the department
 1-9     to the license holder;
1-10                 (2)  a color photograph of[:]
1-11                       [(A)]  the entire face of the holder;  [or]
1-12                       [(B)  the profile of the holder if the license is
1-13     a provisional license;]
1-14                 (3)  the full name, date of birth, and residence
1-15     address of the holder; and
1-16                 (4)  a brief description of the holder.
1-17           SECTION 2. Section 521.123, Transportation Code, is amended
1-18     to read as follows:
1-19           Sec. 521.123.  DESIGNATOR ON LICENSE ISSUED TO PERSON UNDER
1-20     21 YEARS OF AGE. The department shall:
1-21                 (1)  designate and clearly mark as a provisional
1-22     license each original driver's license issued by the department to
1-23     a person who is under 18 years of age; and
1-24                 (2)  for [indicate "UNDER 21" on the face of] each
 2-1     original, renewed, or duplicate license issued to a person who is
 2-2     under 21 years of age:
 2-3                       (A)  indicate "UNDER 21" on the face of the
 2-4     license; and
 2-5                       (B)  orient the information on the license to
 2-6     clearly distinguish the license from a license that is issued to a
 2-7     person who is 21 years of age or older.
 2-8           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.