By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2092

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019; May 8, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person whose driver's license has been surrendered.

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 issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person who surrenders the person's driver's license at the time of applying for the certificate. The procedures:

(1) must be in compliance with federal guidelines governing the issuance of identification documents;

(2) may require the person issued a personal identification certificate to update information previously provided to the department under Section 521.142; and

(3) except as provided by Subdivision (2), may not require a person to provide additional identification documents unless required for compliance with federal guidelines described by Subdivision (1).

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

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