2011S0647-1 03/09/11
By: Williams S.B. No. 1699
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing the use of an image verification system to
determine whether an applicant for a driver's license or personal
identification certificate is a fugitive from justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 521.059, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The department shall authenticate the facial image and
thumbprints or fingerprints provided by an applicant for a personal
identification certificate, driver's license, or commercial
driver's license or permit using image comparison technology to
ensure that the applicant:
(1) is issued only one original license, permit, or
certificate;
(2) does not fraudulently obtain a duplicate license,
permit, or certificate; [and]
(3) does not commit other fraud in connection with the
application for a license, permit, or certificate; and
(4) is not a fugitive from justice, as defined by
Section 38.01, Penal Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.