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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons |
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that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence |
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address. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 521.1211, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 521.1211. DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR PAROLE OFFICERS, PEACE |
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OFFICERS, AND PROSECUTORS. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 521.1211(a), (a-1), (d), and (f), |
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Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In this section: |
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(1) "Parole officer" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 508.001, Government Code. |
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(1-a) "Peace officer" has the meaning assigned by |
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Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, except that the term |
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includes a special investigator as defined by Article 2A.002, Code |
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of Criminal Procedure. |
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(2) "Prosecutor" means a county attorney, district |
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attorney, criminal district attorney, assistant county attorney, |
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assistant district attorney, or assistant criminal district |
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attorney. |
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(a-1) This section applies only to a parole officer, a peace |
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officer, and a prosecutor. |
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(d) If the holder of a driver's license that includes an |
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alternative address moves to a new residence, or, for a parole |
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officer or prosecutor, to a new office address, or if the name of |
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the person is changed by marriage or otherwise, the license holder |
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shall, not later than the 30th day after the date of the address or |
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name change, notify the department and provide the department with |
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the number of the person's driver's license and, as applicable, the |
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person's: |
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(1) former and new addresses; or |
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(2) former and new names. |
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(f) The department shall accept as an alternative address: |
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(1) for a parole officer, the address of an office of |
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the parole officer; |
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(2) for a peace officer, an address that is in the: |
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(A) municipality or county of the peace officer's |
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residence; or |
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(B) county of the peace officer's place of |
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employment; and |
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(3) [(2)] for a prosecutor, the address of an office of |
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the prosecutor. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |