86R14187 AJZ-D
By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 3583
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an optional blood type designation on a driver's
license, personal identification certificate, or commercial
driver's license or learner's permit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.1251 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.1251. OPTIONAL BLOOD TYPE DESIGNATION. (a) The
department shall provide to each applicant for the issuance of an
original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate driver's license or
personal identification certificate who applies in person, by mail,
over the Internet, or by other electronic means the opportunity to
indicate the person's blood type on the person's driver's license or
personal identification certificate.
(b) The department shall include on each driver's license
issued to a person who makes an election under this section a
designation that indicates the person's blood type.
SECTION 2. Section 522.030, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The department shall provide to each applicant for the
issuance of an original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate
commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit who
applies in person, by mail, over the Internet, or by other
electronic means the opportunity to indicate the person's blood
type on the person's commercial driver's license or commercial
learner's permit. The department shall include on each commercial
driver's license or commercial learner's permit issued to a person
who makes an election under this subsection a designation that
indicates the person's blood type.
SECTION 3. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt
rules as necessary to implement Sections 521.1251 and 522.030(e),
Transportation Code, as added by this Act, not later than November
1, 2019.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.