85R15696 JXC-D
By: Dale H.B. No. 582
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 582:
By: Smithee C.S.H.B. No. 582
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to driver's licenses and personal identification
certificates issued to legal permanent residents of the United
States and refugees or asylees lawfully admitted into the United
States.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.101, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (k-1) to read as follows:
(k-1) The department shall include on a personal
identification certificate issued to a person who is a legal
permanent resident of the United States or refugee or asylee
lawfully admitted into the United States an indication that the
certificate is not valid proof of identity for voting purposes.
SECTION 2. Section 521.121, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) The department shall include on a driver's license
issued to a person who is a legal permanent resident of the United
States or refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into the United
States an indication that the license is not valid proof of identity
for voting purposes.
SECTION 3. Section 521.142, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (j) to read as
follows:
(b) The application must include:
(1) except as provided by Subsection (j), the
thumbprints of the applicant or, if thumbprints cannot be taken,
the index fingerprints of the applicant;
(2) a photograph of the applicant;
(3) the signature of the applicant; and
(4) a brief description of the applicant.
(j) An application of a person who is a legal permanent
resident of the United States or refugee or asylee lawfully
admitted into the United States must include a complete set of the
applicant's fingerprints.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
521.101 and 521.121, Transportation Code, apply only to a driver's
license or personal identification certificate issued or renewed on
or after the effective date of this Act. A driver's license or
personal identification certificate issued or renewed before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
license or certificate was issued or renewed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.