82R9534 ACP-D

By: Elkins H.B. No. 3245

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a photograph on a personal identification certificate, driver's license, or commercial driver's license.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 521.101, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:

(k) The department may include a color or grayscale photograph of the holder of the personal identification certificate.

SECTION 2. Section 521.121(a), Transportation Code, as amended by Chapters 316 (H.B. 598) and 1146 (H.B. 2730), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted and amended 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 or grayscale photograph of the entire face of the holder;

(3) the full name and date of birth of the holder;

(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.

SECTION 3. Section 522.030, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 522.030. CONTENT OF LICENSE. A commercial driver's license must:

(1) be marked "Commercial Driver License" or "CDL";

(2) be, to the extent practicable, tamper-proof; and

(3) include:

(A) the name and mailing address of the person to whom it is issued;

(B) the person's color or grayscale photograph;

(C) a physical description of the person, including sex, height, and eye color;

(D) the person's date of birth;

(E) a number or identifier the department considers appropriate;

(F) the person's signature;

(G) each class of commercial motor vehicle that the person is authorized to drive, with any endorsements or restrictions;

(H) the name of this state; and

(I) the dates between which the license is valid.

SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a driver's license, personal identification certificate, or commercial driver's license issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A driver's license, personal identification certificate, or commercial driver's license issued or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the license or certificate was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 5. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over another Act of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes.

SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.