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Amend CSSB 945 by adding the following SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering the existing SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION _____. Subsection (a), Section 521.142, 
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 county has established reasonable 
mechanisms by which the department can verify the identify 
document.  For purposes of this section, an identity document 
includes a passport, a consular identity document, and a national 
identity document.