By: Hughes, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 598
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 22, 2009;
  May 1, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation and Homeland Security; May 23, 2009, reported
  favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 23, 2009, sent
  to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the information displayed on certain licenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 521.001(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended by adding Subdivisions (3-a) and (8-a) to read as follows:
               (3-a)  "Federal judge" means:
                     (A)  a judge of a United States court of appeals;
                     (B)  a judge of a United States district court;
                     (C)  a judge of a United States bankruptcy court;
  or
                     (D)  a magistrate judge of a United States
  district court.
               (8-a)  "State judge" means:
                     (A)  the judge of an appellate court, a district
  court, or a county court at law of this state; or
                     (B)  an associate judge appointed under Chapter
  201, Family Code.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 521.054(a) and (b), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies to a person who:
               (1)  after applying for or being issued a [the] license
  or certificate moves to a new residence [from the] address [stated
  in the person's application for a license or certificate];
               (2)  has used the procedure under Section 521.121(c)
  and whose status as a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of
  a federal or state judge becomes inapplicable [moves from the
  address shown on the license or certificate held by the person]; or
               (3)  changes the person's name by marriage or
  otherwise.
         (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 apply for a duplicate license
  or certificate as provided by Section 521.146. The duplicate
  license must include the person's current residence address.
         SECTION 3.  Section 521.121, Transportation Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The driver's license must include:
               (1)  a distinguishing number assigned by the department
  to the license holder;
               (2)  a color photograph of the entire face of the
  holder;
               (3)  the full name and[,] date of birth[, and residence
  address] of the holder; [and]
               (4)  a brief description of the holder; and
               (5)  the license holder's residence address or, for a
  license holder using the procedure under Subsection (c), the street
  address of the courthouse in which the license holder or license
  holder's spouse serves as a federal judge or state judge.
         (c)  The department shall establish a procedure for a federal
  judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a federal or state judge to
  omit the license holder's residence address on the license and to
  include, in lieu of that address, the street address of the
  courthouse in which the license holder or license holder's spouse
  serves as a federal judge or state judge. In establishing the
  procedure, the department shall require sufficient documentary
  evidence to establish the license holder's status as a federal
  judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a federal or state judge.
         SECTION 4.  Section 521.142(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The application must state:
               (1)  the sex of the applicant;
               (2)  the residence address of the applicant, or if the
  applicant is a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a
  federal or state judge using the procedure developed under Section
  521.121(c), the street address of the courthouse in which the
  applicant or the applicant's spouse serves as a federal judge or a
  state judge;
               (3)  whether the applicant has been licensed to drive a
  motor vehicle before;
               (4)  if previously licensed, when and by what state or
  country;
               (5)  whether that license has been suspended or revoked
  or a license application denied;
               (6)  the date and reason for the suspension,
  revocation, or denial;
               (7)  whether the applicant is a citizen of the United
  States; and
               (8)  the county of residence of the applicant.
         SECTION 5.  Section 411.179(c), Government Code, as added by
  Chapter 1222 (H.B. 2300), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
         (c)  In adopting the form of the license under Subsection
  (a), the department shall establish a procedure for the license of a
  qualified handgun instructor or of a judge, justice, prosecuting
  attorney, or assistant prosecuting attorney, as described by
  Section 46.15(a)(4) or (6), Penal Code, to indicate on the license
  the license holder's status as a qualified handgun instructor or as
  a judge, justice, district attorney, criminal district attorney, or
  county attorney. In establishing the procedure, the department
  shall require sufficient documentary evidence to establish the
  license holder's status under this subsection.
         SECTION 6.  Sections 411.181(a) and (b), Government Code, as
  amended by Chapters 594 (H.B. 41) and 1222 (H.B. 2300), Acts of the
  80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, are reenacted and amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  If a person who is a current license holder moves from
  any residence [the] address stated on the license [to a new
  residence address], if the name of the person is changed by marriage
  or otherwise, or if the person's status [as a judge, justice,
  district attorney, prosecuting attorney, or assistant prosecuting
  attorney, as a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a
  federal judge or state judge,] becomes inapplicable for purposes of
  the information required to be displayed on the license under
  Section 411.179 [411.179(c)], the person shall, not later than the
  30th day after the date of the address, name, or status change,
  notify the department and provide the department with the number of
  the person's license and, as applicable, the person's:
               (1)  former and new addresses; [or]
               (2)  former and new names; or
               (3)  former and new status.
         (b)  If the name of the license holder is changed by marriage
  or otherwise, or if the person's status [as a federal judge or state
  judge, or the spouse of a federal judge or state judge] becomes
  inapplicable as described by Subsection (a), the person shall apply
  for a duplicate license.  The duplicate license must reflect
  [include] the person's current name, residence address, and status.
         SECTION 7.  Section 411.187(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A license may be suspended under this section if the
  license holder:
               (1)  is charged with the commission of a Class A or
  Class B misdemeanor or an offense under Section 42.01, Penal Code,
  or of a felony under an information or indictment;
               (2)  fails to display a license as required by Section
  411.205;
               (3)  fails to notify the department of a change of
  address, [or] name, or status as required by Section 411.181;
               (4)  carries a concealed handgun under the authority of
  this subchapter of a different category than the license holder is
  licensed to carry;
               (5)  fails to return a previously issued license after
  a license is modified as required by Section 411.184(d);
               (6)  commits an act of family violence and is the
  subject of an active protective order rendered under Title 4,
  Family Code; or
               (7)  is arrested for an offense involving family
  violence or an offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, and is the
  subject of an order for emergency protection issued under Article
  17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure.
         SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
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