H.B. No. 4195
AN ACT
relating to photographs on certain state-issued identification
cards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.179(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The department by rule shall adopt the form of the
license. A license must include:
(1) a number assigned to the license holder by the
department;
(2) a statement of the period for which the license is
effective;
(3) a [color] photograph of the license holder;
(4) the license holder's full name, date of birth, hair
and eye color, height, weight, and signature;
(5) the license holder's residence address or, as
provided by Subsection (d), the street address of the courthouse in
which the license holder or license holder's spouse serves as a
federal judge or the license holder serves as a state judge;
(6) the number of a driver's license or an
identification certificate issued to the license holder by the
department; and
(7) the designation "VETERAN" if required under
Subsection (e).
SECTION 2. Section 1702.232(c), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The pocket card must:
(1) state the name of the registrant;
(2) contain a [color] photograph, affixed to the
pocket card by the board at the time the card is issued, and the
signature of the registrant;
(3) state the date the card was issued and the card's
expiration date; and
(4) state each endorsement held by the registrant and
the date the endorsement expires.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4195 was passed by the House on May 3,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4195 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor