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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the identification information required of applicants |
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for a driver's license or for certain public benefits, public |
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services, or governmental employment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.142, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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(i) The department may not accept, recognize, or rely on an |
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identity document issued to an applicant by a consular office or |
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consular official of another country, including a matricula |
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consular issued by a consular office of the United Mexican States |
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located in this country, as primary, secondary, or supporting proof |
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of the applicant's identity. |
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SECTION 2. Subtitle B, Title 10, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 2057 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 2057. RECOGNITION OF CONSULAR IDENTITY DOCUMENTS |
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Sec. 2057.001. GOVERNMENTAL RECOGNITION OF CONSULAR |
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IDENTITY DOCUMENT OF APPLICANT FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT OR SERVICE. In |
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the provision by an agency or political subdivision of this state of |
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a public benefit or service that requires the applicant for or |
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recipient of the public benefit or service to verify the |
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applicant's or recipient's identity, the agency or political |
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subdivision may not accept, recognize, or rely on an identity |
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document issued to the applicant or recipient by a consular office |
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or consular official of another country, including a matricula |
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consular issued by a consular office of the United Mexican States |
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located in this country, as primary, secondary, or supporting |
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evidence of the applicant's or recipient's identity. |
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Sec. 2057.002. GOVERNMENTAL RECOGNITION OF CONSULAR |
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IDENTITY DOCUMENT OF APPLICANT FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT. An agency or |
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political subdivision of this state may not accept, recognize, or |
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rely on an identity document issued to the applicant by a consular |
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office or consular official of another country, including a |
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matricula consular issued by a consular office of the United |
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Mexican States located in this country, as primary, secondary, or |
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supporting evidence of the identity of an applicant for employment |
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by the agency or political subdivision. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |