87R785 MP-D
By: Sherman, Sr., Reynolds, Romero, Jr., H.B. No. 368
Bucy, Talarico
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a driver's license to a state legislator
or prosecutor that includes an alternative to the license holder's
residence address.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.1211, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 521.1211. DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR PEACE OFFICERS, STATE
LEGISLATORS, AND PROSECUTORS [OFFICER]. (a) In this section:
(1) "Peace [, "peace] officer" has the meaning
assigned by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, except that
the term includes a special investigator as defined by Article
2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(2) "Prosecutor" means a county attorney, district
attorney, criminal district attorney, assistant county attorney,
assistant district attorney, or assistant criminal district
attorney.
(a-1) This section applies only to:
(1) a peace officer;
(2) a state legislator; and
(3) a prosecutor.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 521.121(a), the department by
rule shall adopt procedures for the issuance of a driver's license
to an applicant [a peace officer] that omits the license holder's
actual residence address and includes, as an alternative, an
address described under Subsection (f) [that is acceptable to the
department and is in the:
[(1) municipality or county of the peace officer's
residence; or
[(2) county of the peace officer's place of
employment].
(c) To be issued a driver's license under this section, an
applicant [a peace officer] must apply to the department and
provide sufficient evidence acceptable to the department to
establish the applicant's status as a person described under
Subsection (a-1) [peace officer]. On issuance of the license, the
license holder shall surrender any other driver's license issued to
the holder by the department.
(d) If the holder of a driver's license that includes an
alternative address moves to a new residence, or, for a state
legislator or prosecutor, to a new office address, or if the name of
the person is changed by marriage or otherwise, the license holder
shall, not later than the 30th day after the date of the address or
name change, notify the department and provide the department with
the number of the person's driver's license and, as applicable, the
person's:
(1) former and new addresses; or
(2) former and new names.
(e) If the holder of a driver's license that includes an
alternative address ceases to be a person described by Subsection
(a-1) [peace officer], the license holder shall, not later than the
30th day after the date of the status change, apply to the
department for issuance of a duplicate license. The duplicate
license must include the person's actual current residence address.
(f) The department shall accept as an alternative address:
(1) for a peace officer, an address that is in the:
(A) municipality or county of the peace officer's
residence; or
(B) county of the peace officer's place of
employment;
(2) for a state legislator, the address of an office of
the legislator; and
(3) for a prosecutor, the address of an office of the
prosecutor.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.