H.B. No. 368
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons
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 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 a peace officer and 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 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; and
(2) for a prosecutor, the address of an office of the
prosecutor.
SECTION 2. Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Pursuant to Section 63.001(c), proof of identification
is presented only for the purpose of identifying a voter and not for
verification of residence.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 368 was passed by the House on May 5,
2021, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 15, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 368 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor