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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of a driver's license to a person |
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presenting certain identity documents. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 521.127 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 521.127. APPEARANCE OF LICENSE ISSUED TO CERTAIN |
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PERSONS. On each original, renewed, or duplicate driver's license |
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issued to a person who presents as proof of identity with an |
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application for an original license a document under Section |
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521.142(a)(2), the department shall orient the information on the |
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license in the same manner that the department orients information |
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on a driver's license issued to a person who is under 21 years of |
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age. |
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SECTION 2. Section 521.142, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) An application for an original license must state the |
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applicant's full name and place and date of birth. This information |
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must be verified by presentation of proof of identity satisfactory |
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to the department. The department must accept the following |
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documents as satisfactory proof of identity under this subsection: |
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(1) an offender identification card or similar form of |
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identification issued to an inmate by the Texas Department of |
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Criminal Justice; or |
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(2) an identity document that is issued by the |
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government of another country, if that document bears the |
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applicant's photograph, full name, and date of birth and the |
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government of the other country has established reasonable |
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mechanisms by which the department can verify the identity |
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document. |
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(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), an identity |
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document includes a passport, a consular identity document, and a |
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national identity document. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |