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  By: Williams S.B. No. 1699
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing the use of an image verification system to
  determine whether an applicant for a driver's license or personal
  identification certificate is a fugitive from justice.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 521.059, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  The department may use the image verification system
  established under this section to ensure that the applicant is not a
  fugitive from justice, as defined by Section 38.01, Penal Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.