By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1532
 
 
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 laser engraved
  photograph of the holder of the personal identification
  certificate.
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 521.121, 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 laser engraved 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 laser engraved
  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.