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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study concerning the use of a digital image for |
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identification and proof of licensure purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter Z to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Sec. 411.951. STUDY ON DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION AND PROOF OF |
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LICENSURE. (a) The department shall conduct a study: |
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(1) determining the feasibility of establishing a |
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system to allow a person to use a digital image displayed on an |
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electronic device for identification purposes or to prove that the |
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person has a driver's license; |
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(2) evaluating risks to personal information security |
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that a system described by Subdivision (1) might create; and |
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(3) surveying and evaluating digital identification |
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and proof of licensure policies in other states. |
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(b) Not later than September 1, 2016, the department shall |
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submit a detailed report of its findings and recommendations to the |
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legislature. |
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(c) This section expires January 1, 2017. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |