Suspending limitations on conference committee

jurisdiction, S.B. No. 1952 (Ellis/Swinford)







By:  Garza                                            H.R. No. 1772


R E S O L U T I O N
	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of 
Texas, 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, That House Rule 13, 
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, 
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to 
resolve the differences on Senate Bill 1952, relating to the 
reorganization of, efficiency in, and other reform measures 
applying to state government, to consider and take action on the 
following matter:
	(1)  House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(3) and (4), are suspended 
to permit the committee to add new text to Section 521.142(a), 
Transportation Code, so that the subsection reads 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 license holder's country of citizenship 
and indicate the country of citizenship by a uniform symbol or code 
on the face of the license in the space where the department 
indicates a restriction or endorsement.
	Explanation:  The added text is necessary to clarify Section 
521.142(a), Transportation Code, to allow the Department of Public 
Safety to accept identity documents issued by foreign governments 
as proof of identity for purposes of application for an original 
driver's license.