81R14642 JTS-D
By: Phillips H.B. No. 4678
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of an offender identification card or similar
form of identification as proof of identity for an applicant for a
driver's license or commercial driver's license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.142(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) An application for an original license must state the
applicant's full name and place and date of birth. This information
must be verified by presentation of proof of identity satisfactory
to the department. [The department must accept as satisfactory
proof of identity under this subsection an offender identification
card or similar form of identification issued to an inmate by the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice.]
SECTION 2. Section 522.021(c-1), Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an application for a driver's license or commercial driver's
license submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An
application for a driver's license or commercial driver's license
submitted before the effective date of this Act is subject to the
law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.