79R1496 JD-F

By:  Alonzo                                                       H.B. No. 136



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.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.