Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3433 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/06/2019

                    86R5152 JXC-D
 By: Sanford H.B. No. 3433


 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.  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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.