83R10426 RWG-D
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1097
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to identification cards for certain members of the
judiciary.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 75, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 75.552 to read as follows:
Sec. 75.552. JUDICIAL IDENTIFICATION CARD. (a) The Office
of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall issue a
judicial identification card to each judge or justice of:
(1) a district court;
(2) a court of appeals;
(3) the court of criminal appeals; and
(4) the supreme court.
(b) The judicial identification card issued under
Subsection (a) must contain a photograph of the judge or justice and
identify the judge or justice as a member of the judiciary of the
State of Texas.
(c) An individual, corporation, or association may not deny
the holder of a judicial identification card access to goods,
services, or facilities, except as provided by Section 521.460,
Transportation Code, or in regard to the operation of a motor
vehicle, because the holder has a judicial identification card
rather than a driver's license. A judge or justice may use a
judicial identification card in the performance of the judge's or
justice's official duties.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.