By: West S.B. No. 2557
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to optional designations on a driver's license, personal
identification certificate, or commercial driver's license or
learner's permit for blood type and blood disorders.
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 DESIGNATIONS FOR BLOOD TYPE AND
BLOOD DISORDERS. (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 on the person's
driver's license or personal identification certificate:
(1) the person's blood type; and
(2) whether the person has a blood disorder and, if so,
the type of blood disorder.
(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 and blood
disorder, as applicable.
SECTION 2. Section 522.030, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsections (e) and (f) 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 on the person's
commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit:
(1) the person's blood type; and
(2) whether the person has a blood disorder and, if so,
the type of blood disorder.
(f) The department shall include on each commercial
driver's license or commercial learner's permit issued to a person
who makes an election under Subsection (e) a designation that
indicates the person's blood type and blood disorder, as
applicable.
SECTION 3. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt
rules as necessary to implement Sections 521.1251 and 522.030(e)
and (f), 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.