84R12607 JXC-D
By: Dale H.B. No. 3840
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training on, issuance of, and use of limited term
driver's licenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.111(c), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The training standards adopted under Subsection (a)
must:
(1) include provisions on the acceptance and handling
of the identification presented by a voter to an election officer
under Section 63.001; and
(2) detail the types of driver's licenses that are
acceptable forms of identification under Section 63.0101 and
require that training materials include a photograph of a limited
term license issued under Subchapter L-1, Chapter 521,
Transportation Code.
SECTION 2. Chapter 521, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter L-1 to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER L-1. LIMITED TERM LICENSE
Sec. 521.261. LIMITED TERM LICENSE. (a) A limited term
license is a driver's license issued by the department with an
expiration date set under Section 521.271(a-2), (a-3), or (a-4),
521.2711(c), or 521.272(c)(2), Transportation Code.
(b) Each limited term license must comply with the
requirements of this subchapter.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a
reference in this subchapter to a limited term license includes a
limited term instruction permit.
Sec. 521.262. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. (a) A limited
term license:
(1) is not valid as proof of the license holder's
identity for a federal purpose;
(2) is not an acceptable form of identification under
Section 63.0101, Election Code, for voting purposes; and
(3) expires in the manner provided by Subchapter M.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter:
(1) a person who holds a limited term license is
subject to the laws of this state applicable to the holder of a
driver's license;
(2) a person who holds a limited term provisional
license or instruction permit is subject to the laws of this state
applicable to a holder of a provisional license or instruction
permit; and
(3) a person who holds a limited term occupational
license is subject to the laws of this state applicable to the
holder of an occupational license.
Sec. 521.263. LIMITED TERM LICENSE APPEARANCE. The
department shall:
(1) adopt rules regarding the design and content of a
limited term license;
(2) designate and clearly mark as a limited term
license a license described by Section 521.261(a);
(3) orient the information on and design the color of a
limited term license to clearly distinguish the limited term
license from other licenses issued under this chapter; and
(4) include on a limited term license an indication
that the license is not valid proof of identity for a federal
purpose or for voting purposes.
Sec. 521.264. APPLICATION. (a) The department may require
each applicant for a limited term license to furnish to the
department the information required by Section 521.142.
(b) An application for a limited term license:
(1) must include a complete set of thumbprints and
fingerprints; and
(2) must include documentation issued by the
appropriate United States agency that authorizes the applicant to
be in the United States but may not use as proof of the applicant's
residency status or lawful status:
(A) an employment authorization document issued
through the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program;
or
(B) a reentry permit.
(c) Information supplied to the department relating to an
applicant's medical history is for the confidential use of the
department and may not be disclosed to any person or used as
evidence in a legal proceeding other than a proceeding under
Subchapter N.
(d) The application must provide space for the applicant to
voluntarily list any health condition that may impede communication
with a peace officer as evidenced by a written statement from a
licensed physician.
Sec. 521.265. EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
REQUIRED. (a) An application for a limited term license must be
accompanied by:
(1) evidence of financial responsibility that
complies with Section 521.143 and this section; or
(2) a statement that the applicant does not own a motor
vehicle for which evidence of financial responsibility is required
under Chapter 601.
(b) An applicant for a limited term license that provides
evidence of financial responsibility must establish financial
responsibility through a motor vehicle liability insurance policy
that complies with Chapter 601 and is prepaid and valid for at least
a six-month period after the date the person submits the
application.
Sec. 521.266. ADMINISTRATION. The department is not
required to issue limited term licenses at all driver's license
offices. The department may designate driver's license offices to
issue limited term licenses.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.