BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center	H.B. 345
86R1848 AJZ-F	By: Holland; Guillen (Schwertner)
	Transportation
	5/8/2019
	Engrossed

 

 

 

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

It has been reported that many elderly individuals who have had their driver's license surrendered or revoked are unaware of or unable to complete the procedures to obtain another form of identification. H.B. 345 seeks to address this issue by providing for the automatic issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person who is 60 years of age or older at the time the person's driver's license is surrendered or revoked.

 

H.B. 345 amends current law relating to the automatic issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person 60 years of age or older whose driver's license has been surrendered or revoked.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

 

SECTION 1. Amends Section 521.101, Transportation Code, by adding Subsection (m), as follows:

(m) Requires the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas (DPS) to adopt procedures for the automatic issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person who is 60 years of age or older at the time the person's driver's license is surrendered or revoked.� Provides that the procedures:

(1) are required to be in compliance with federal guidelines governing the issuance of identity documents; and

(2)  may require the person issued a personal identification certificate to update information previously provided to DPS under Section 521.142 (Application For Original License)

 

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2019.