H.B. No. 1345
AN ACT
relating to a photograph on a driver's license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.121(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The driver's license must include:
(1) a distinguishing number assigned by the department
to the license holder;
(2) a [color] photograph of the entire face of the
holder;
(3) the full name and date of birth of the holder;
(4) a brief description of the holder; and
(5) the license holder's residence address or, for a
license holder using the procedure under Subsection (c), the street
address of the courthouse in which the license holder or license
holder's spouse serves as a federal judge or state judge.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a driver's license issued or renewed on or after the effective date
of this Act. A driver's license issued or renewed before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
license was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1345 was passed by the House on May 4,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 3, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1345 was passed by the Senate on May
12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor