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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to fingerprints collected by the Texas Department of |
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Public Safety from an applicant for a driver's license or personal |
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identification certificate and used for the department's image |
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verification system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.059(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall establish an image verification |
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system based on the following identifiers collected by the |
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department under Section 521.142(b): |
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(1) an applicant's facial image; and |
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(2) an applicant's thumbprints or, if thumbprints |
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cannot be taken, the index fingerprints of the applicant. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2016, the Texas |
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Department of Public Safety shall delete or redact from its records |
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any fingerprint collected from an applicant for a driver's license |
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or personal identification certificate in a manner that does not |
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comply with Section 521.142(b)(1), Transportation Code. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |