85R1634 JXC-D
By: Dale H.B. No. 582
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to driver's licenses and personal identification
certificates issued to 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(f), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(f) A personal identification certificate:
(1) for an applicant who is a citizen, national, or
legal permanent resident of the United States [or a refugee or
asylee lawfully admitted into the United States], expires on a date
specified by the department; or
(2) for an applicant not described by Subdivision (1),
expires on:
(A) the earlier of:
(i) a date specified by the department; or
(ii) the expiration date of the applicant's
authorized stay in the United States; or
(B) the first anniversary of the date of
issuance, if there is no definite expiration date for the
applicant's authorized stay in the United States.
SECTION 2. 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 refugee or asylee
lawfully admitted into the United States must include a complete
set of the applicant's fingerprints.
SECTION 3. Section 521.271, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 521.271. LICENSE EXPIRATION. (a) Each original
driver's license, provisional license, instruction permit, or
occupational driver's license issued to an applicant who is a
citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the United States
[or a refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into the United States]
expires as follows:
(1) except as provided by Section 521.2711, a driver's
license expires on the first birthday of the license holder
occurring after the sixth anniversary of the date of the
application;
(2) a provisional license expires on the 18th
birthday of the license holder;
(3) an instruction permit expires on the 18th birthday
of the license holder;
(4) an occupational driver's license expires on the
first anniversary of the court order granting the license; and
(5) unless an earlier date is otherwise provided, a
driver's license issued to a person whose residence or domicile is a
correctional facility or a parole facility expires on the first
birthday of the license holder occurring after the first
anniversary of the date of issuance.
(a-2) Each original driver's license issued to an applicant
who is not a citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the
United States [or a refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into the
United States] expires on:
(1) the earlier of:
(A) the first birthday of the license holder
occurring after the sixth anniversary of the date of the
application; or
(B) the expiration date of the license holder's
lawful presence in the United States as determined by the
appropriate United States agency in compliance with federal law; or
(2) the first anniversary of the date of issuance, if
there is no definite expiration date for the applicant's authorized
stay in the United States.
(a-3) Each original provisional license or instruction
permit issued to an applicant who is not a citizen, national, or
legal permanent resident of the United States [or a refugee or
asylee lawfully admitted into the United States] expires on the
earliest of:
(1) the 18th birthday of the license holder;
(2) the first birthday of the license holder occurring
after the date of the application; or
(3) the expiration of the license holder's lawful
presence in the United States as determined by the United States
agency responsible for citizenship and immigration in compliance
with federal law.
(a-4) Each original occupational driver's license issued to
an applicant who is not a citizen, national, or legal permanent
resident of the United States [or a refugee or asylee lawfully
admitted into the United States] expires on the earlier of:
(1) the first anniversary of the date of issuance; or
(2) the expiration of the license holder's lawful
presence in the United States as determined by the appropriate
United States agency in compliance with federal law.
(b) Except as provided by Section 521.2711, a driver's
license that is renewed expires on the earlier of:
(1) the sixth anniversary of the expiration date
before renewal if the applicant is a citizen, national, or legal
permanent resident of the United States [or a refugee or asylee
lawfully admitted into the United States];
(1-a) for an applicant not described by Subdivision
(1):
(A) the earlier of:
(i) the sixth anniversary of the expiration
date before renewal; or
(ii) the expiration date of the applicant's
authorized stay in the United States; or
(B) the first anniversary of the date of
issuance, if there is no definite expiration date for the
applicant's authorized stay in the United States; or
(2) for a renewal driver's license issued to a person
whose residence or domicile is a correctional facility or a parole
facility, the first birthday of the license holder occurring after
the first anniversary of the date of issuance unless an earlier date
is otherwise provided.
SECTION 4. Section 521.2711(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), an original or
renewal driver's license issued to an applicant who is 85 years of
age or older and not a citizen, national, or legal permanent
resident of the United States [or a refugee or asylee lawfully
admitted into the United States] expires on:
(1) the earlier of:
(A) the second anniversary of the expiration date
before renewal; or
(B) the expiration date of the applicant's
authorized stay in the United States; or
(2) the first anniversary of the date of issuance if
there is no definite expiration date for the applicant's authorized
stay in the United States.
SECTION 5. Section 521.272(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding Sections 521.271 and 521.2711, a
driver's license issued under this section, including a renewal,
duplicate, or corrected license, expires:
(1) if the license holder is a citizen, national, or
legal permanent resident of the United States [or a refugee or
asylee lawfully admitted into the United States], on the first
birthday of the license holder occurring after the date of
application, except that the initial license issued under this
section expires on the second birthday of the license holder
occurring after the date of application; or
(2) if the applicant is not described by Subdivision
(1), on the earlier of:
(A) the expiration date of the applicant's
authorized stay in the United States; or
(B) the first birthday of the license holder
occurring after the date of application, except that the initial
license issued under this section expires on the second birthday of
the license holder occurring after the date of application.
SECTION 6. Section 521.421(a-3), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a-3) Except as provided by Subsections (a-1) and (a-2), the
fee for a driver's license or personal identification certificate
that is issued to a person who is not a citizen, national, or legal
permanent resident of the United States [or a refugee or asylee
lawfully admitted into the United States] and that is valid for not
more than one year is $24.
SECTION 7. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
521.101, 521.271, 521.2711, 521.272, and 521.421, 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 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.