84R3471 JXC-D
 
  By: Canales H.B. No. 640
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a study concerning the use of a digital image for
  identification and proof of licensure purposes.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subchapter Z to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER Z.  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
         Sec. 411.951.  STUDY ON DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION AND PROOF OF
  LICENSURE. (a)  The department shall conduct a study:
               (1)  determining the feasibility of establishing a
  system to allow a person to use a digital image displayed on an
  electronic device for identification purposes or to prove that the
  person has a driver's license;
               (2)  evaluating risks to personal information security
  that a system described by Subdivision (1) might create; and
               (3)  surveying and evaluating digital identification
  and proof of licensure policies in other states.
         (b)  Not later than September 1, 2016, the department shall
  submit a detailed report of its findings and recommendations to the
  legislature.
         (c)  This section expires January 1, 2017.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.