81R14466 JD-F
By: Heflin, Guillen H.B. No. 120
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a driver's license to a peace officer or
a special investigator that includes an alternative to the
officer's residence address.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.1211 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.1211. DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR PEACE OFFICER. (a) In
this section:
(1) "Peace officer" has the meaning assigned by
Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(2) "Special investigator" means a person described by
Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 521.121(a), the department by
rule shall adopt procedures for the issuance of a driver's license
to a peace officer or a special investigator that omits the license
holder's actual residence address and includes, as an alternative,
an address that is in the municipality or county of the license
holder's residence and is acceptable to the department.
(c) To be issued a driver's license under this section, a
peace officer or a special investigator must apply to the
department and provide sufficient evidence acceptable to the
department to establish the applicant's status as a peace officer
or a special investigator and the physical address of the officer's
or investigator's duty station. On issuance of the license, the
license holder shall surrender any other driver's license issued to
the holder by the department.
(d) If the holder of a driver's license that includes an
alternative address moves to a new residence, or begins employment
with a different law enforcement agency, or if the name of the
person is changed by marriage or otherwise, the license holder
shall, not later than the 30th day after the date of the address,
name, or employment change, notify the department and provide the
department with the number of the person's driver's license and, as
applicable, the person's:
(1) former and new addresses;
(2) former and new names; or
(3) former and new employing law enforcement agency
and the physical address of the person's new duty station.
(e) If the holder of a driver's license that includes an
alternative address ceases to be a peace officer or a special
investigator, the license holder shall, not later than the 30th day
after the date of the status change, apply to the department for
issuance of a duplicate license. The duplicate license must
include the person's actual current residence address.
(f) Any civil process that is required by statute or rule to
be personally served on a peace officer or a special investigator
who has been issued a driver's license under Subsection (b) may be
served by delivering a copy of the process to the custodian of
records, a designated agent, or a records clerk for the law
enforcement agency that employs the officer or investigator.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.