85R1635 JXC-D
 
  By: Dale H.B. No. 581
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of, eligibility for, and use of limited
  term personal identification certificates and driver's licenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 32.111(c), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  The training standards adopted under Subsection (a)
  must:
               (1)  include provisions on the acceptance and handling
  of the identification presented by a voter to an election officer
  under Section 63.001;
               (2)  detail the types of driver's licenses and personal
  identification cards that are acceptable forms of identification
  under Section 63.0101; and
               (3)  require that training materials include a
  photograph of a limited term driver's license and personal
  identification card issued under Subchapter L-1, Chapter 521,
  Transportation Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 63.0101.  DOCUMENTATION OF PROOF OF
  IDENTIFICATION.  The following documentation is an acceptable form
  of photo identification under this chapter:
               (1)  a driver's license, election identification
  certificate, or personal identification card, other than a limited
  term driver's license or personal identification card issued under
  Subchapter L-1, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, issued to the
  person by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or
  that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of
  presentation;
               (2)  a United States military identification card that
  contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that
  expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;
               (3)  a United States citizenship certificate issued to
  the person that contains the person's photograph;
               (4)  a United States passport issued to the person that
  has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the
  date of presentation; or
               (5)  a license to carry a handgun issued to the person
  by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that
  expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation.
         SECTION 3.  Section 521.101(f), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (f)  A personal identification certificate:
               (1)  for an applicant who is a citizen, national, or
  legal permanent resident of the United States [or a refugee or
  asylee lawfully admitted into the United States], expires on a date
  specified by the department; or
               (2)  for an applicant not described by Subdivision (1),
  expires on:
                     (A)  the earlier of:
                           (i)  a date specified by the department; or
                           (ii)  the expiration date of the applicant's
  authorized stay in the United States; or
                     (B)  the first anniversary of the date of
  issuance, if there is no definite expiration date for the
  applicant's authorized stay in the United States.
         SECTION 4.  Chapter 521, Transportation Code, is amended by
  adding Subchapter L-1 to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER L-1. LIMITED TERM DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL
  IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATES
         Sec. 521.261.  DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
               (1)  "Limited term driver's license" means a driver's
  license issued by the department with an expiration date set under
  Section 521.271(a-2), (a-3), or (a-4), 521.2711(c), or
  521.272(c)(2).
               (2)  "Limited term personal identification
  certificate" means a personal identification certificate issued by
  the department with an expiration date set under Section
  521.101(f)(2).
         Sec. 521.262.  APPEARANCE. (a) The department shall:
               (1)  adopt rules regarding the design and content of a
  limited term driver's license and personal identification
  certificate;
               (2)  designate and clearly mark the license or
  certificate as a limited term license or certificate; and
               (3)  orient the information on and design the color of a
  limited term license and certificate to clearly distinguish limited
  term licenses and certificates from other licenses and certificates
  issued under this chapter.
         (b)  The department shall include the following statements
  on each limited term driver's license: "This license is not
  acceptable for official federal purposes.  This license is issued
  only as a license to drive a motor vehicle.  This license does not
  establish eligibility for employment, voter registration, or
  public benefits."
         (c)  The department shall include the following statements
  on each limited term personal identification certificate: "This
  certificate is not acceptable for official federal purposes. This
  certificate does not establish eligibility for employment, voter
  registration, or public benefits."
         Sec. 521.263.  APPLICATION. (a) In addition to the
  requirements of Section 521.142, an application for a limited term
  driver's license or personal identification certificate must
  include a complete set of thumbprints and fingerprints.
         (b)  For the purposes of complying with the requirements of
  Sections 521.101, 521.142, and 521.1425 that an applicant provide
  documentation that authorizes the applicant to be in the United
  States, an applicant for a limited term driver's license or
  personal identification certificate may not use as proof of the
  applicant's residency status or lawful status:
               (1)  an employment authorization document issued
  through the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program;
  or
               (2)  a reentry permit.
         Sec. 521.264.  EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. An
  applicant for a limited term driver's license that provides
  evidence of financial responsibility to comply with Section 521.143
  must establish financial responsibility through a motor vehicle
  liability insurance policy that:
               (1)  complies with Chapter 601; and
               (2)  is prepaid and valid for at least a six-month
  period after the date the person submits the application.
         Sec. 521.265.  ADMINISTRATION. The department is not
  required to issue limited term driver's licenses and personal
  identification certificates at all driver's license offices. The
  department may designate driver's license offices to issue limited
  term driver's licenses and personal identification certificates.
         SECTION 5.  Section 521.271, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 521.271.  LICENSE EXPIRATION. (a)  Each original
  driver's license, provisional license, instruction permit, or
  occupational driver's license issued to an applicant who is a
  citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the United States
  [or a refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into the United States]
  expires as follows:
               (1)  except as provided by Section 521.2711, a driver's
  license expires on the first birthday of the license holder
  occurring after the sixth anniversary of the date of the
  application;
               (2)  a provisional license expires on  the 18th
  birthday of the license holder;
               (3)  an instruction permit expires on the 18th birthday
  of the license holder;
               (4)  an occupational driver's license expires on the
  first anniversary of the court order granting the license; and
               (5)  unless an earlier date is otherwise provided, a
  driver's license issued to a person whose residence or domicile is a
  correctional facility or a parole facility expires on the first
  birthday of the license holder occurring after the first
  anniversary of the date of issuance.
         (a-2)  Each original driver's license issued to an applicant
  who is not a citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the
  United States [or a refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into the
  United States] expires on:
               (1)  the earlier of:
                     (A)  the first birthday of the license holder
  occurring after the sixth anniversary of the date of the
  application; or
                     (B)  the expiration date of the license holder's
  lawful presence in the United States as determined by the
  appropriate United States agency in compliance with federal law; or
               (2)  the first anniversary of the date of issuance, if
  there is no definite expiration date for the applicant's authorized
  stay in the United States.
         (a-3)  Each original provisional license or instruction
  permit issued to an applicant who is not a citizen, national, or
  legal permanent resident of the United States [or a refugee or
  asylee lawfully admitted into the United States] expires on the
  earliest of:
               (1)  the 18th birthday of the license holder;
               (2)  the first birthday of the license holder occurring
  after the date of the application; or
               (3)  the expiration of the license holder's lawful
  presence in the United States as determined by the United States
  agency responsible for citizenship and immigration in compliance
  with federal law.
         (a-4)  Each original occupational driver's license issued to
  an applicant who is not a citizen, national, or legal permanent
  resident of the United States [or a refugee or asylee lawfully
  admitted into the United States] expires on the earlier of:
               (1)  the first anniversary of the date of issuance; or
               (2)  the expiration of the license holder's lawful
  presence in the United States as determined by the appropriate
  United States agency in compliance with federal law.
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 521.2711, a driver's
  license that is renewed expires on the earlier of:
               (1)  the sixth anniversary of the expiration date
  before renewal if the applicant is a citizen, national, or legal
  permanent resident of the United States [or a refugee or asylee
  lawfully admitted into the United States];
               (1-a)  for an applicant not described by Subdivision
  (1):
                     (A)  the earlier of:
                           (i)  the sixth anniversary of the expiration
  date before renewal; or
                           (ii)  the expiration date of the applicant's
  authorized stay in the United States; or
                     (B)  the first anniversary of the date of
  issuance, if there is no definite expiration date for the
  applicant's authorized stay in the United States; or
               (2)  for a renewal driver's license issued to a person
  whose residence or domicile is a correctional facility or a parole
  facility, the first birthday of the license holder occurring after
  the first anniversary of the date of issuance unless an earlier date
  is otherwise provided.
         SECTION 6.  Section 521.2711(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), an original or
  renewal driver's license issued to an applicant who is 85 years of
  age or older and not a citizen, national, or legal permanent
  resident of the United States [or a refugee or asylee lawfully
  admitted into the United States] expires on:
               (1)  the earlier of:
                     (A)  the second anniversary of the expiration date
  before renewal; or
                     (B)  the expiration date of the applicant's
  authorized stay in the United States; or
               (2)  the first anniversary of the date of issuance if
  there is no definite expiration date for the applicant's authorized
  stay in the United States.
         SECTION 7.  Section 521.272(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Notwithstanding Sections 521.271 and 521.2711, a
  driver's license issued under this section, including a renewal,
  duplicate, or corrected license, expires:
               (1)  if the license holder is a citizen, national, or
  legal permanent resident of the United States [or a refugee or
  asylee lawfully admitted into the United States], on the first
  birthday of the license holder occurring after the date of
  application, except that the initial license issued under this
  section expires on the second birthday of the license holder
  occurring after the date of application; or
               (2)  if the applicant is not described by Subdivision
  (1), on the earlier of:
                     (A)  the expiration date of the applicant's
  authorized stay in the United States; or
                     (B)  the first birthday of the license holder
  occurring after the date of application, except that the initial
  license issued under this section expires on the second birthday of
  the license holder occurring after the date of application.
         SECTION 8.  Section 521.421(a-3), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a-3)  Except as provided by Subsections (a-1) and (a-2), the
  fee for a driver's license or personal identification certificate
  that is issued to a person who is not a citizen, national, or legal
  permanent resident of the United States [or a refugee or asylee
  lawfully admitted into the United States] and that is valid for not
  more than one year is $24.
         SECTION 9.  The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
  521.101, 521.271, 521.2711, 521.272, and 521.421, Transportation
  Code, apply only to a driver's license or personal identification
  certificate issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this
  Act. A driver's license or personal identification certificate
  issued or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed
  by the law in effect when the license or certificate was issued or
  renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 10.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.