By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1532
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2011; March 22, 2011, read
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland
Security; April 29, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
April 29, 2011, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1532 By: Hinojosa
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a photograph on a personal identification certificate,
driver's license, or commercial driver's license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.101, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
(k) The department may include a color or laser engraved
photograph of the holder of the personal identification
certificate.
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 521.121, Transportation
Code, as amended by Chapters 316 (H.B. 598) and 1146 (H.B. 2730),
Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted
and amended to read as follows:
(a) The driver's license must include:
(1) a distinguishing number assigned by the department
to the license holder;
(2) a color or laser engraved photograph of the entire
face of the holder;
(3) the full name and date of birth of the holder;
(4) a brief description of the holder; and
(5) the license holder's residence address or, for a
license holder using the procedure under Subsection (c), the street
address of the courthouse in which the license holder or license
holder's spouse serves as a federal judge or state judge.
SECTION 3. Section 522.030, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 522.030. CONTENT OF LICENSE. A commercial driver's
license must:
(1) be marked "Commercial Driver License" or "CDL";
(2) be, to the extent practicable, tamper-proof; and
(3) include:
(A) the name and mailing address of the person to
whom it is issued;
(B) the person's color or laser engraved
photograph;
(C) a physical description of the person,
including sex, height, and eye color;
(D) the person's date of birth;
(E) a number or identifier the department
considers appropriate;
(F) the person's signature;
(G) each class of commercial motor vehicle that
the person is authorized to drive, with any endorsements or
restrictions;
(H) the name of this state; and
(I) the dates between which the license is valid.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a driver's license, personal identification certificate, or
commercial driver's license issued or renewed on or after the
effective date of this Act. A driver's license, personal
identification certificate, or commercial driver's license issued
or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect when the license or certificate was issued, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
over another Act of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011,
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
codes.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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