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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for the issuance of a driver's license or |
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personal identification certificate. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.044(a), Transportation Code, as |
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amended by Chapters 1012 (H.B. 2512) and 1105 (H.B. 3787), Acts of |
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the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Information provided on a driver's license or personal |
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identification certificate application that relates to the |
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applicant's social security number may be used only by the |
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department or disclosed only to: |
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(1) the child support enforcement division of the |
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attorney general's office; |
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(2) another state entity responsible for enforcing the |
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payment of child support; |
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(3) the United States Selective Service System as |
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provided by Section 521.147; |
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(4) the unclaimed property division of the |
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comptroller's office; [or] |
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(5) the Health and Human Services Commission; |
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(6) [(5)] the secretary of state for the purposes of |
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voter registration or the administration of elections; or |
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(7) an agency of another state responsible for issuing |
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driver's licenses or identification documents. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 521.044(b) and (e), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The department shall enter an applicant's social |
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security number in the department's electronic database but may not |
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print the number on the applicant's driver's license or personal |
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identification certificate. |
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(e) The department shall include in the department's |
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legislative appropriations requests and budgets, in quarterly |
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performance reports, and in audits of the department's local |
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offices performance measures on the percentage of complete and |
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correct social security numbers on driver's licenses and personal |
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identification certificates. |
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SECTION 3. Section 521.101(f), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(f) A personal identification certificate: |
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(1) for an applicant who is a citizen, national, or |
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legal permanent resident of the United States or a refugee or asylee |
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lawfully admitted into the United States, [:
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[(A)] expires on a date specified by the |
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department [if the applicant is younger than 60 years of age; or
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[(B)
does not expire if the applicant is 60 years
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of age or older]; or |
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(2) for an applicant not described by Subdivision (1), |
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expires on: |
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(A) the earlier of: |
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(i) a date specified by the department; or |
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(ii) the expiration date of the applicant's |
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authorized stay in the United States; or |
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(B) the first anniversary of the date of |
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issuance, if there is no definite expiration date for the |
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applicant's authorized stay in the United States. |
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SECTION 4. Section 521.142(g), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(g) The department shall [may] require an applicant to |
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provide the applicant's social security number or proof that the |
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applicant is not eligible for a social security number [only for a
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purpose permitted by Section 521.044]. |
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SECTION 5. Subchapter I, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 521.183 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 521.183. SURRENDER OF DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERSONAL |
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IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE. (a) A person is not entitled to |
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receive a driver's license until the person surrenders to the |
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department each personal identification certificate in the |
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person's possession that was issued by this state. |
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(b) A person is not entitled to receive a personal |
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identification certificate until the person surrenders to the |
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department each driver's license in the person's possession that |
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was issued by this state. |
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SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a driver's license or personal identification certificate for which |
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an application is submitted on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A driver's license or personal identification certificate for |
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which an application was submitted before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 7. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |