78S30851 DWS-F

By:  Wise                                                         H.B. No. 82 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the identification information required of an applicant 
for a driver's license.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 521.142(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  An application for an original license must state the 
applicant's full name and place and date of birth. This information 
must be verified by presentation of proof of identity satisfactory 
to the department.  The department shall accept as proof of the 
applicant's identity an identity document that is issued by the 
government of another country, if that document bears the 
applicant's photograph, full name, and date of birth and the 
government of the other country has established reasonable 
mechanisms by which the department can verify the identity 
document.  For purposes of this section, an identity document 
includes a passport, a consular identity document, and a national 
identity document.  On the reverse side of a driver's license, the 
department shall print the following:  "This license is issued as a 
license to drive a motor vehicle.  It does not establish eligibility 
for employment, voter registration, or public benefits."
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect February 1, 2004.