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1	1	By: Carona S.B. No. 1783
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to the use of an offender identification card or similar
7	7	form of identification as proof of identity for an applicant for a
8	8	driver's license or commercial driver's license.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 521.142, Transportation
11	11	Code, is amended to read as follows:
12	12	(a) An application for an original license must state the
13	13	applicant's full name and place and date of birth. This information
14	14	must be verified by presentation of proof of identity satisfactory
15	15	to the department. The department must accept as satisfactory
16	16	proof of identity under this subsection an offender identification
17	17	card or similar form of identification issued to an inmate by the
18	18	Texas Department of Criminal Justice if the applicant also provides
19	19	supplemental verifiable records or documents that aid in
20	20	establishing identity.
21	21	SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
22	22	is amended by adding Section 521.1421 to read as follows:
23	23	Sec. 521.1421. INMATE IDENTIFICATION VERIFICATION PILOT
24	24	PROGRAM. (a) The department shall participate in an inmate
25	25	identification verification pilot program for the purpose of
26	26	issuing driver's licenses and personal identification certificates
27	27	to inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
28	28	(b) Under the pilot program, the department may:
29	29	(1) enter into a contract with the Texas Department of
30	30	Criminal Justice and the Department of State Health Services to
31	31	establish an identification verification process for inmates of the
32	32	Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and
33	33	(2) issue a driver's license or a personal
34	34	identification certificate to an inmate whose identity has been
35	35	confirmed through the verification process and who otherwise meets
36	36	the requirements for the issuance of the driver's license or
37	37	personal identification certificate.
38	38	(c) At the conclusion of the pilot program the governing
39	39	bodies of the participating agencies may agree to continue the
40	40	pilot program on a permanent basis.
41	41	(d) Not later than December 1, 2010, the department and the
42	42	Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall jointly issue a report
43	43	to the standing committees of the legislature with jurisdiction
44	44	over issues related to criminal justice and homeland security
45	45	addressing:
46	46	(1) the status of the pilot program;
47	47	(2) the effectiveness of the pilot program; and
48	48	(3) an analysis of the feasibility of implementing a
49	49	statewide program based on the pilot program.
50	50	SECTION 3. Subsection (c-1), Section 522.021,
51	51	Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
52	52	(c-1) If the department requires proof of an applicant's
53	53	identity as part of an application under this section, the
54	54	department must accept as satisfactory proof of identity an
55	55	offender identification card or similar form of identification
56	56	issued to an inmate by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if
57	57	the applicant also provides supplemental verifiable records or
58	58	documents that aid in establishing identity.
59	59	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
60	60	an application for a driver's license, commercial driver's license,
61	61	or personal identification certificate submitted on or after the
62	62	effective date of this Act. An application for a driver's license,
63	63	commercial driver's license, or personal identification
64	64	certificate submitted before the effective date of this Act is
65	65	subject to the law in effect on the date the application was
66	66	submitted, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
67	67	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.