83R1378 AJZ-F
By: Alonzo H.B. No. 152
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the identification information required of an applicant
for a driver's license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.142, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) An application for an original license must state the
applicant's full name and place and date of birth. This information
must be verified by presentation of proof of identity satisfactory
to the department. An applicant who is not a citizen of the United
States must present to the department documentation issued by the
appropriate United States agency that authorizes the applicant to
be in the United States before the applicant may be issued a
driver's license. The department must accept the following
documents as satisfactory proof of identity under this subsection:
(1) an offender identification card or similar form of
identification issued to an inmate by the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice if the applicant also provides supplemental
verifiable records or documents that aid in establishing identity;
or
(2) an identity document that is issued by the
government of another country, if that document bears the
applicant's photograph, full name, and date of birth and the
government of the other country has established reasonable
mechanisms by which the department can verify the identity
document.
(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), an identity
document includes a passport, a consular identity document, and a
national identity document that complies with federal law.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.