82R32227 NAJ-D
By: Cook H.R. No. 2685
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on House Bill 90 (eligibility to obtain a
driver's license and to a study relating to the security and
validity of driver's licenses and personal identification
certificates) to consider and take action on the following matter:
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the
committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either
the house or senate version of the bill by adding the following new
SECTIONS to the bill:
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.007 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.007. SECURITY, VALIDITY, AND EFFICIENCY STUDY.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Public Safety Commission
shall study procedures and requirements necessary or advisable to
ensure the security and validity of driver's licenses and personal
identification certificates issued under this chapter. The
commission shall adopt rules to implement any procedures or
requirements the commission finds are necessary or advisable.
(b) The study must include an analysis of potential cost
savings, revenue issues, and other fiscal matters related to the
issuance of a driver's license or personal identification
certificate.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission by rule
may specify the term of a driver's license or personal
identification certificate issued under this chapter.
SECTION 5. The legislature declares that the Department of
Public Safety had the statutory authority to adopt the rules
regarding driver's licenses and personal identification
certificates that are in effect on the effective date of this Act
and that the rules are valid.
SECTION 6. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
(b) Section 521.007, Transportation Code, as added by this
Act, takes effect immediately if this Act receives a vote of
two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by
Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not
receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, Section 521.007
takes effect September 1, 2011.
Explanation: This addition is necessary to provide for a
study to ensure the security and validity of driver's licenses and
personal identification certificates and to validate certain rules
regarding those licenses and certificates.