82R3638 JAM-D
By: Jackson H.B. No. 598
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring certain applicants for motor vehicle
registration to provide proof that the applicant holds a valid
driver's license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 502.1536 to read as follows:
Sec. 502.1536. EVIDENCE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (d), a county assessor-collector may not
register a motor vehicle owned by an individual person unless the
owner provides proof that the owner holds a driver's license issued
under Chapter 521 or a commercial driver's license issued under
Chapter 522 that is valid at the time the application for
registration is presented to the county assessor-collector.
(b) The department shall by rule prescribe the form of proof
acceptable under this section.
(c) A county assessor-collector is not liable to any person
for refusing to register a motor vehicle because of the person's
failure to submit proof that the person holds a currently valid
driver's license issued under Chapter 521 or a currently valid
commercial driver's license issued under Chapter 522.
(d) This section does not apply to:
(1) a vehicle owned by a person 85 years of age or
older; or
(2) a vehicle registered under Section 501.0234.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for registration submitted to a county
assessor-collector on or after the effective date of this Act. An
application submitted to a county assessor-collector before the
effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the
date the application was submitted, and that law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.