83R5689 AJZ-D

By: Naishtat H.B. No. 3685

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the requirements for the issuance of a driver's license, personal identification certificate, commercial driver's license, or commercial driver learner's permit to a sex offender.

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

SECTION 1. Section 521.103, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 521.103. PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO [EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS FOR] CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS. (a) The department may issue an original or renewal personal identification certificate to a person whose driver's license or personal identification certificate record indicates that the person is subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, only if the person:

(1) applies in person for the issuance of a certificate under this section; and

(2) pays a fee of $20.

(b) [A personal identification certificate issued under this section, including a renewal, duplicate, or corrected certificate, expires on the first birthday of the certificate holder occurring after the date of application, except that the initial certificate issued under this section expires on the second birthday of the certificate holder occurring after the date of application.

[(c)] Sections 521.101(f-2), (f-3), and (f-4) apply to a personal identification certificate for which application is made under this section.

SECTION 2. Section 522.051(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (f) and Sections 522.013(e)[, 522.033,] and 522.054, an original commercial driver's license or commercial driver learner's permit expires five years after the applicant's next birthday.

SECTION 3. The following laws are repealed:

(1) Article 62.060(b), Code of Criminal Procedure;

(2) Sections 521.272(c) and (d), Transportation Code; and

(3) Section 522.033(b), Transportation Code.

SECTION 4. The repeal by this Act of Article 62.060(b), Code of Criminal Procedure, does not apply to an offense committed under that subsection before the effective date of the repeal. An offense committed before the effective date of the repeal is governed by that subsection as it existed on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of the repeal if any element of the offense occurred before that date.

SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections 521.103, 521.272, 522.033, and 522.051, Transportation Code, apply only to a driver's license, personal identification certificate, commercial driver's license, or commercial driver learner's permit issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A driver's license, personal identification certificate, commercial driver's license, or commercial driver learner's permit issued or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the license, certificate, or permit was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.