Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 368
	1	+	By: Sherman, Sr., et al. (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 368
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2021;
	3	+	May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on State
	4	+	Affairs; May 21, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
	5	+	Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2021, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons
6	12		that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence
7	13		address.
8	14		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	15		SECTION 1. Section 521.1211, Transportation Code, is
10	16		amended to read as follows:
11	17		Sec. 521.1211. DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR PEACE OFFICERS AND
12	18		PROSECUTORS [OFFICER]. (a) In this section:
13	19		(1) "Peace [, "peace] officer" has the meaning
14	20		assigned by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, except that
15	21		the term includes a special investigator as defined by Article
16	22		2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure.
17	23		(2) "Prosecutor" means a county attorney, district
18	24		attorney, criminal district attorney, assistant county attorney,
19	25		assistant district attorney, or assistant criminal district
20	26		attorney.
21	27		(a-1) This section applies only to a peace officer and a
22	28		prosecutor.
23	29		(b) Notwithstanding Section 521.121(a), the department by
24	30		rule shall adopt procedures for the issuance of a driver's license
25	31		to an applicant [a peace officer] that omits the license holder's
26	32		actual residence address and includes, as an alternative, an
27	33		address described under Subsection (f) [that is acceptable to the
28	34		department and is in the:
29	35		[(1) municipality or county of the peace officer's
30	36		residence; or
31	37		[(2) county of the peace officer's place of
32	38		employment].
33	39		(c) To be issued a driver's license under this section, an
34	40		applicant [a peace officer] must apply to the department and
35	41		provide sufficient evidence acceptable to the department to
36	42		establish the applicant's status as a person described under
37	43		Subsection (a-1) [peace officer]. On issuance of the license, the
38	44		license holder shall surrender any other driver's license issued to
39	45		the holder by the department.
40	46		(d) If the holder of a driver's license that includes an
41	47		alternative address moves to a new residence, or, for a prosecutor,
42	48		to a new office address, or if the name of the person is changed by
43	49		marriage or otherwise, the license holder shall, not later than the
44	50		30th day after the date of the address or name change, notify the
45	51		department and provide the department with the number of the
46	52		person's driver's license and, as applicable, the person's:
47	53		(1) former and new addresses; or
48	54		(2) former and new names.
49	55		(e) If the holder of a driver's license that includes an
50	56		alternative address ceases to be a person described by Subsection
51	57		(a-1) [peace officer], the license holder shall, not later than the
52	58		30th day after the date of the status change, apply to the
53	59		department for issuance of a duplicate license. The duplicate
54	60		license must include the person's actual current residence address.
55	61		(f) The department shall accept as an alternative address:
56	62		(1) for a peace officer, an address that is in the:
57	63		(A) municipality or county of the peace officer's
58	64		residence; or
59	65		(B) county of the peace officer's place of
60	66		employment; and
61	67		(2) for a prosecutor, the address of an office of the
62	68		prosecutor.
63	69		SECTION 2. Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended by
64	70		adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
65	71		(d) Pursuant to Section 63.001(c), proof of identification
66	72		is presented only for the purpose of identifying a voter and not for
67	73		verification of residence.
68	74		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
69		-	______________________________ ______________________________
70		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
71		-	I certify that H.B. No. 368 was passed by the House on May 5,
72		-	2021, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 15, 2 present, not
73		-	voting.
74		-	______________________________
75		-	Chief Clerk of the House
76		-	I certify that H.B. No. 368 was passed by the Senate on May
77		-	26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
78		-	______________________________
79		-	Secretary of the Senate
80		-	APPROVED: _____________________
81		-	Date
82		-	_____________________
83		-	Governor
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