84R3471 JXC-D
By: Canales H.B. No. 640
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study concerning the use of a digital image for
identification and proof of licensure purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter Z to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 411.951. STUDY ON DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION AND PROOF OF
LICENSURE. (a) The department shall conduct a study:
(1) determining the feasibility of establishing a
system to allow a person to use a digital image displayed on an
electronic device for identification purposes or to prove that the
person has a driver's license;
(2) evaluating risks to personal information security
that a system described by Subdivision (1) might create; and
(3) surveying and evaluating digital identification
and proof of licensure policies in other states.
(b) Not later than September 1, 2016, the department shall
submit a detailed report of its findings and recommendations to the
legislature.
(c) This section expires January 1, 2017.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.