81R8859 SLB-F
By: Turner of Harris H.B. No. 2161
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a personal identification certificate
to present or former inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 501, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 501.0165 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.0165. IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE. (a) Not later
than the 90th day before the date an inmate is transferred to
pre-parole status, the department shall request a personal
identification certificate from the Texas Department of Public
Safety for the inmate if the inmate does not possess a valid
driver's license or personal identification certificate.
(b) The department shall send a certified copy of the
offender identification card or similar form of identification to
the Texas Department of Public Safety with a current photograph of
the inmate.
(c) On receipt of the personal identification certificate
from the Texas Department of Public Safety, the department shall
verify the information on the certificate and request any necessary
change.
(d) The department shall pay any fee associated with
obtaining the personal identification certificate out of funds
appropriated to the department for the project for reintegration of
offenders under Chapter 306, Labor Code.
SECTION 2. Section 521.101(d), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) The department may require each applicant for an
original, renewal, or duplicate personal identification
certificate to furnish to the department the information required
by Section 521.142. The department must accept as satisfactory
proof of identity under this section an offender identification
card or similar form of identification issued to an inmate by the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.