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| 1 | 1 | 81R2474 ACP-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Alonzo H.B. No. 193 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the identification information required of an applicant | |
| 8 | 8 | for a driver's license. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 521.142, Transportation Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | |
| 12 | 12 | follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) An application for an original license must state the | |
| 14 | 14 | applicant's full name and place and date of birth. This information | |
| 15 | 15 | must be verified by presentation of proof of identity satisfactory | |
| 16 | 16 | to the department. The department must accept the following | |
| 17 | 17 | documents as satisfactory proof of identity under this subsection: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) an offender identification card or similar form of | |
| 19 | 19 | identification issued to an inmate by the Texas Department of | |
| 20 | 20 | Criminal Justice; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) an identity document that is issued by the | |
| 22 | 22 | government of another country, if that document bears the | |
| 23 | 23 | applicant's photograph, full name, and date of birth and the | |
| 24 | 24 | government of the other country has established reasonable | |
| 25 | 25 | mechanisms by which the department can verify the identity | |
| 26 | 26 | document. | |
| 27 | 27 | (a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), an identity | |
| 28 | 28 | document includes a passport, a consular identity document, and a | |
| 29 | 29 | national identity document that complies with federal law. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |