81R6835 ACP-D
 
  By: Parker H.B. No. 1091
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring that a driver's license, personal
  identification certificate, commercial driver's license, and
  commercial driver learner's permit issued by the Department of
  Public Safety to a registered sex offender state that the holder is
  a registered sex offender.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 521.103, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
         (c)  If the department issues or renews a personal
  identification certificate under this section to a person who is
  subject to Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, as a result of a
  reportable conviction or adjudication that is based on an offense
  or conduct the victim of which was younger than 14 years of age at
  the time the offense was committed or the conduct was engaged in,
  the department shall print "RSO" in black on the reverse side of
  each personal identification certificate issued to or renewed by
  the person before the 20th anniversary of the date that the person
  was first required to register under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal
  Procedure.
         (d)  The department may collect an additional fee to
  implement the requirements of Subsection (c).
         (e)  The department shall post information on the
  department's Internet website explaining that a person whose
  personal identification certificate has "RSO" on the certificate is
  subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, as a result of a reportable conviction or
  adjudication that is based on an offense or conduct the victim of
  which was younger than 14 years of age at the time the offense was
  committed or the conduct was engaged in.
         SECTION 2.  Section 521.272, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
         (d)  If the department issues or renews a driver's license
  under this section to a person who is subject to Chapter 62, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, as a result of a reportable conviction or
  adjudication that is based on an offense or conduct the victim of
  which was younger than 14 years of age at the time the offense was
  committed or the conduct was engaged in, the department shall print
  "RSO" in black on the reverse side of each driver's license issued
  to or renewed by the person before the 20th anniversary of the date
  that the person was first required to register under Chapter 62,
  Code of Criminal Procedure.
         (e)  The department may collect an additional fee to
  implement the requirements of Subsection (d).
         (f)  The department shall post information on the
  department's Internet website explaining that a person whose
  driver's license has "RSO" on the license is subject to the
  registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, as a result of a reportable conviction or adjudication
  that is based on an offense or conduct the victim of which was
  younger than 14 years of age at the time the offense was committed
  or the conduct was engaged in.
         SECTION 3.  Section 522.033, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
         (c)  If the department issues or renews a commercial driver's
  license or commercial driver learner's permit under this section to
  a person who is subject to Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure,
  as a result of a reportable conviction or adjudication that is based
  on an offense or conduct the victim of which was younger than 14
  years of age at the time the offense was committed or the conduct
  was engaged in, the department shall print "RSO" in black on the
  reverse side of each license or learner's permit issued to or
  renewed by the person before the 20th anniversary of the date that
  the person was first required to register under Chapter 62, Code of
  Criminal Procedure.
         (d)  The department may collect an additional fee to
  implement the requirements of Subsection (c).
         (e)  The department shall post information on the
  department's Internet website explaining that a person whose
  commercial driver's license or commercial driver learner's permit
  has "RSO" on the license or learner's permit is subject to the
  registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, as a result of a reportable conviction or adjudication
  that is based on an offense or conduct the victim of which was
  younger than 14 years of age at the time the offense was committed
  or the conduct was engaged in.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a personal identification certificate, driver's license,
  commercial driver's license, or commercial driver learner's permit
  issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.