By: Holland, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 345
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 13, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 13, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the automatic issuance of a personal identification
certificate to a person 60 years of age or older whose driver's
license has been surrendered or revoked.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.101, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:
(m) The department shall adopt procedures for the automatic
issuance of a personal identification certificate to a person who
is 60 years of age or older at the time the person's driver's license
is surrendered or revoked. The procedures:
(1) must be in compliance with federal guidelines
governing the issuance of identity documents; and
(2) may require the person issued a personal
identification certificate to update information previously
provided to the department under Section 521.142.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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