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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an optional health condition or disability designation |
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on a driver's license or 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 521.1251, Transportation Code, as added |
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by Chapter 147 (S.B. 656), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c) A person who makes an election under this section may |
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choose to include on the person's driver's license or personal |
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identification certificate: |
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(1) the designation "COMMUNICATION IMPEDIMENT"; or |
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(2) another distinctive symbol authorized by |
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department rule. |
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SECTION 2. It is the intent of the 89th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2025, that the amendment made by this Act to Section |
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521.1251, Transportation Code, be harmonized with another Act of |
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the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, relating to |
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nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |