1-1     By:  Zaffirini                                        S.B. No. 1213
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2001; March 8, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
 1-4     April 18, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
 1-5     Nays 0; April 18, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the appearance of a driver's license issued to a person
 1-9     who is under 21 years of age.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 521.121, Transportation
1-12     Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-13           (a)  The driver's license must include:
1-14                 (1)  a distinguishing number assigned by the department
1-15     to the license holder;
1-16                 (2)  a color photograph of[:]
1-17                       [(A)]  the entire face of the holder; [or]
1-18                       [(B)  the profile of the holder if the license is
1-19     a provisional license;]
1-20                 (3)  the full name, date of birth, and residence
1-21     address of the holder; and
1-22                 (4)  a brief description of the holder.
1-23           SECTION 2.  Section 521.123, Transportation Code, is amended
1-24     to read as follows:
1-25           Sec. 521.123.  DESIGNATOR ON LICENSE ISSUED TO PERSON UNDER
1-26     21 YEARS OF AGE.  The department shall:
1-27                 (1)  designate and clearly mark as a provisional
1-28     license each original driver's license issued by the department to
1-29     a person who is under 18 years of age; and
1-30                 (2)  for [indicate "UNDER 21" on the face of] each
1-31     original, renewed, or duplicate license issued to a person who is
1-32     under 21 years of age:
1-33                       (A)  indicate "UNDER 21" on the face of the
1-34     license; and
1-35                       (B)  orient the information on the license to
1-36     clearly distinguish the license from a license that is issued to a
1-37     person who is 21 years of age or older.
1-38           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-39                                  * * * * *