H.B. No. 1789




AN ACT

relating to certain obsolete documents issued in connection with 
the licensing of drivers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 521.054(b), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A person subject to this section shall notify the 
department of the change not later than the 30th day after the date 
on which the change takes effect and[, except as provided by 
Subsection (d), shall] apply for a duplicate license or certificate 
as provided by Section 521.146.
	SECTION 2.  Section 521.424, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 521.424.  DUPLICATE LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE FEE.  [(a)]  
The fee for a duplicate driver's license or duplicate personal 
identification certificate is $10.
	[(b)  The fee for a duplicate disability certificate or 
duplicate health condition certificate is $5.]
	SECTION 3.  The following provisions of the Transportation 
Code are repealed:
		(1)  Sections 521.054(d), (e), and (f);                                       
		(2)  Section 521.102; and                                                     
		(3)  Section 521.423.                                                         
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1789 was passed by the House on May 9, 
2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1789 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor