By: Holland, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 345

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019; May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 13, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 13, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

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.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 521.101, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:

(m) The department shall 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. The procedures:

(1) must 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 the department under Section 521.142.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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