By: Williams S.B. No. 1699

(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2011; March 23, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security; April 29, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 29, 2011, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1699 By: Williams

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.

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