By:  Garza                                                        H.B. No. 3103



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to re-codification issues and the deletion of outdated 
statutes.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 521.146, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Section 521.146.  Application for Duplicate License or 
Certificate  (a)  If a driver's license or certificate issued under 
this chapter is lost or destroyed, or there is a change in pertinent 
information, the person to whom the license or certificate was 
issued may obtain a duplicate or corrected version.
	(b)  A person who moves from the address shown on the license 
or certificate or changes the person's name must notify the 
department of the change and apply for a duplicate license or 
certificate not later than the 30th day after the date on which the 
change takes effect.
	(c)  An applicant for a corrected driver's license or 
certificate must submit to the department the required fee, 
accompanied by the required information that has changed with proof 
satisfactory to the department that supports the change.
	(c)  (d)  The department by rule may provide that the holder 
of a driver's license or identification certificate issued by the 
department may apply for the issuance of a duplicate license or 
certificate by mail, by telephone, over the Internet, or by other 
electronic means.
	(d)  (e)  A rule adopted under Subsection (c) may prescribe 
eligibility standards for issuance of a duplicate driver's license 
or identification certificate under this section.
	SECTION 2.  Section 521.341, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Section 521.341  (2).  Requirements For Automatic License 
Suspension         
		(2)  an offense under Section 38.04, Penal Code that 
was committed while operating a motor vehicle;
	SECTION 3.  Section 601.162 (b)(2), Transportation Code is 
amended to read as follows:
	Section 601.162 (b)(2).  Duration of Suspension                                
	(b)(2)  the second anniversary of the date security was 
depositedrequired under Subdivision (1) if, during that period, an 
action on the agreement has not been instituted in a court in this 
state.
	SECTION 4.  Section 601.340 (a)(1), Transportation Code is 
amended to read as follows:
	Section 601.340(a)(1).  Evidence of Financial 
Responsibility or Suspension of Vehicle Registration Following 
Suspension or Revocation of Driver's License  (a)  Except as 
provided by Subsection (b) or (c), the department shall suspend the 
registration of each motor vehicle registered in the name of a 
person if the department:
		(1)  under any state law, other than Section 521.341(6) 
(7) suspends or revokes the person's driver's license on receipt of 
a record of a conviction or a forfeiture of bail; or
	SECTION 5.  Sections 521.054, 521.102, 521.423 and 
522.029(f) as added by Acts of the 75th Legislature, regular 
session, 1997, chapter 1156, Sec. 2, are repealed.
	SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect on September 01, 2003.