Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2042 Compare Versions

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1	1	84R12427 AJZ-D
2	2	By: Naishtat H.B. No. 2042
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the expiration date of a driver's license, personal
8	8	identification certificate, commercial driver's license, or
9	9	commercial driver learner's permit issued to a sex offender;
10	10	increasing a fee.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Article 42.016, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
13	13	amended to read as follows:
14	14	Art. 42.016. SPECIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION
15	15	REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS. If a person is convicted
16	16	of, receives a grant of deferred adjudication for, or is
17	17	adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct based on a
18	18	violation of an offense for which a conviction or adjudication
19	19	requires registration as a sex offender under Chapter 62, the court
20	20	shall:
21	21	(1) issue an order requiring the Texas Department of
22	22	Public Safety to include in any driver's license record or personal
23	23	identification certificate record maintained by the department for
24	24	the person an indication that the person is subject to the
25	25	registration requirements of Chapter 62;
26	26	(2) require the person to apply to the Texas
27	27	Department of Public Safety in person for an original or renewal
28	28	driver's license or personal identification certificate not later
29	29	than the 30th day after the date the person is released or the date
30	30	the department sends written notice to the person of the
31	31	requirements of Article 62.060, as applicable, and to [annually]
32	32	renew the license or certificate according to the timeline provided
33	33	by Section 521.272, Transportation Code;
34	34	(3) notify the person of the consequence of the
35	35	conviction or order of deferred adjudication as it relates to the
36	36	order issued under this article; and
37	37	(4) send to the Texas Department of Public Safety a
38	38	copy of the record of conviction, a copy of the order granting
39	39	deferred adjudication, or a copy of the juvenile adjudication, as
40	40	applicable, and a copy of the order issued under this article.
41	41	SECTION 2. The heading to Section 521.103, Transportation
42	42	Code, is amended to read as follows:
43	43	Sec. 521.103. EXPIRATION [AND RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS] FOR
44	44	CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS.
45	45	SECTION 3. Sections 521.103(a) and (b), Transportation
46	46	Code, are amended to read as follows:
47	47	(a) The department may issue an original or renewal personal
48	48	identification certificate to a person whose driver's license or
49	49	personal identification certificate record indicates that the
50	50	person is subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62,
51	51	Code of Criminal Procedure, only if the person:
52	52	(1) applies in person for the issuance of a
53	53	certificate under this section; and
54	54	(2) pays a fee of $80 [$20].
55	55	(b) A personal identification certificate issued under this
56	56	section, including a renewal, duplicate, or corrected certificate,
57	57	expires on the fourth [first] birthday of the certificate holder
58	58	occurring after the date of application[, except that the initial
59	59	certificate issued under this section expires on the second
60	60	birthday of the certificate holder occurring after the date of
61	61	application].
62	62	SECTION 4. The heading to Section 521.272, Transportation
63	63	Code, is amended to read as follows:
64	64	Sec. 521.272. [RENEWAL OF] LICENSE ISSUED TO CERTAIN SEX
65	65	OFFENDERS.
66	66	SECTION 5. Section 521.272(c), Transportation Code, is
67	67	amended to read as follows:
68	68	(c) Notwithstanding Sections 521.271 and 521.2711, a
69	69	driver's license issued under this section, including a renewal,
70	70	duplicate, or corrected license, expires:
71	71	(1) if the license holder is a citizen, national, or
72	72	legal permanent resident of the United States or a refugee or asylee
73	73	lawfully admitted into the United States, on the fourth [first]
74	74	birthday of the license holder occurring after the date of
75	75	application[, except that the initial license issued under this
76	76	section expires on the second birthday of the license holder
77	77	occurring after the date of application]; or
78	78	(2) if the applicant is not described by Subdivision
79	79	(1), on the earlier of:
80	80	(A) the expiration date of the applicant's
81	81	authorized stay in the United States; or
82	82	(B) the fourth [first] birthday of the license
83	83	holder occurring after the date of application[, except that the
84	84	initial license issued under this section expires on the second
85	85	birthday of the license holder occurring after the date of
86	86	application].
87	87	SECTION 6. Section 521.421(h), Transportation Code, is
88	88	amended to read as follows:
89	89	(h) The fee for issuance or renewal of a driver's license, a
90	90	provisional license, an instruction permit, or a hardship license
91	91	issued to a person subject to the registration requirements under
92	92	Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, is $80 [$20].
93	93	SECTION 7. Section 522.033, Transportation Code, is amended
94	94	to read as follows:
95	95	Sec. 522.033. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED TO CERTAIN
96	96	SEX OFFENDERS. (a) The department may issue an original or renewal
97	97	commercial driver's license or commercial driver learner's permit
98	98	to a person whose driver's license or personal identification
99	99	certificate record indicates that the person is subject to the
100	100	registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal
101	101	Procedure, only if the person is otherwise eligible for the
102	102	commercial driver's license or commercial driver learner's permit
103	103	and:
104	104	(1) applies in person for the issuance of a license or
105	105	permit under this section; and
106	106	(2) pays a fee of $80 [$20].
107	107	(b) Notwithstanding Section 522.051, a commercial driver's
108	108	license or commercial driver learner's permit issued under this
109	109	section, including a renewal, duplicate, or corrected license,
110	110	expires:
111	111	(1) if the license or permit holder is a citizen,
112	112	national, or legal permanent resident of the United States or a
113	113	refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into the United States, on the
114	114	fourth [first] birthday of the license holder occurring after the
115	115	date of application[, except that the initial license issued under
116	116	this section expires on the second birthday of the license holder
117	117	occurring after the date of application]; or
118	118	(2) if the applicant is not described by Subdivision
119	119	(1), on the earlier of:
120	120	(A) the expiration date of the applicant's
121	121	authorized stay in the United States; or
122	122	(B) the fourth [first] birthday of the license
123	123	holder occurring after the date of application[, except that the
124	124	initial license issued under this section expires on the second
125	125	birthday of the license holder occurring after the date of
126	126	application].
127	127	SECTION 8. Article 62.060(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,
128	128	is repealed.
129	129	SECTION 9. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
130	130	521.103, 521.272, 521.421, and 522.033, Transportation Code, apply
131	131	only to a driver's license, personal identification certificate,
132	132	commercial driver's license, or commercial driver learner's permit
133	133	issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A
134	134	driver's license, personal identification certificate, commercial
135	135	driver's license, or commercial driver learner's permit issued or
136	136	renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
137	137	in effect when the license, certificate, or permit was issued, and
138	138	the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
139	139	SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.