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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to identification cards for certain members of the |
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judiciary. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 75, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 75.552 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 75.552. JUDICIAL IDENTIFICATION CARD. (a) The Office |
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of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall issue a |
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judicial identification card to each judge or justice of: |
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(1) a district court; |
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(2) a court of appeals; |
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(3) the court of criminal appeals; and |
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(4) the supreme court. |
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(b) The judicial identification card issued under |
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Subsection (a) must contain a photograph of the judge or justice and |
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identify the judge or justice as a member of the judiciary of the |
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State of Texas. |
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(c) An individual, corporation, or association may not deny |
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the holder of a judicial identification card access to goods, |
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services, or facilities, except as provided by Section 521.460, |
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Transportation Code, or in regard to the operation of a motor |
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vehicle, because the holder has a judicial identification card |
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rather than a driver's license. A judge or justice may use a |
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judicial identification card in the performance of the judge's or |
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justice's official duties. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |