| 1 | 1 | | 81R9451 JAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Fletcher H.B. No. 2411 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the criminal penalty for unlawfully obtaining, lending, |
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| 8 | 8 | | possessing, or using a driver's license or personal identification |
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| 9 | 9 | | certificate. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 521.451(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) Except as provided by Section 521.452, a person may not: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) [display, cause or permit to be displayed, or have |
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| 15 | 15 | | in the person's possession a driver's license or certificate that |
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| 16 | 16 | | the person knows is fictitious or has been altered; |
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| 17 | 17 | | [(2)] lend the person's driver's license or |
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| 18 | 18 | | certificate to another person or knowingly permit another person to |
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| 19 | 19 | | use the person's driver's license or certificate; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) [(3)] display or represent as the person's own a |
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| 21 | 21 | | driver's license or certificate not issued to the person; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) [(4)] possess more than one currently valid |
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| 23 | 23 | | driver's license or more than one currently valid certificate [; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | [(5) in an application for an original, renewal, or |
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| 25 | 25 | | duplicate driver's license or certificate: |
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| 26 | 26 | | [(A) provide a false name, false address, or a |
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| 27 | 27 | | counterfeit document; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | [(B) knowingly make a false statement, conceal a |
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| 29 | 29 | | material fact, or otherwise commit fraud]. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. Section 521.454(c), Transportation Code, is |
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| 31 | 31 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third |
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| 33 | 33 | | degree [Class A misdemeanor]. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. Section 521.455, Transportation Code, is |
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| 35 | 35 | | repealed. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 37 | 37 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 38 | 38 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 39 | 39 | | covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the |
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| 40 | 40 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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| 41 | 41 | | this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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| 42 | 42 | | this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that |
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| 43 | 43 | | date. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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