Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1	1	87R4841 CXP-D
2	2	By: Paxton S.B. No. 1771
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the assumption by the office of the secretary of state
8	8	of the powers and duties relating to driver's licenses, personal
9	9	identification certificates, and other related programs, powers,
10	10	and duties and to the provision of some of those services by certain
11	11	vendors; authorizing a fee.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 192.005, Transportation Code, is amended
14	14	to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 192.005. RECORD OF ACCIDENT OR VIOLATION. If a person
16	16	operating a railroad locomotive or train is involved in an accident
17	17	with another train or a motor vehicle or is arrested for violation
18	18	of a law relating to the person's operation of a railroad locomotive
19	19	or train:
20	20	(1) the number of or other identifying information on
21	21	the person's driver's license or commercial driver's license may not
22	22	be included in any report of the accident or violation; and
23	23	(2) the person's involvement in the accident or
24	24	violation may not be recorded in the person's individual driving
25	25	record maintained by the office [Department] of the secretary of
26	26	state [Public Safety].
27	27	SECTION 2. Section 201.806(b), Transportation Code, is
28	28	amended to read as follows:
29	29	(b) The department shall provide electronic access to the
30	30	system containing the accident reports so that the office
31	31	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] can perform
32	32	its duties, including the duty to make timely entries on driver
33	33	records.
34	34	SECTION 3. Sections 502.357(b), (c), and (d),
35	35	Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
36	36	(b) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to
37	37	the credit of the state highway fund except that the comptroller
38	38	shall provide for a portion of the fees to be deposited first to the
39	39	credit of a special fund in the state treasury outside the general
40	40	revenue fund to be known as the TexasSure Fund in a total amount
41	41	that is necessary to cover the total amount appropriated to the
42	42	Texas Department of Insurance from that fund and for the remaining
43	43	fees to be deposited to the state highway fund. Subject to
44	44	appropriations, the money deposited to the credit of the state
45	45	highway fund under this section may be used by the office of the
46	46	secretary of state [Department of Public Safety] to:
47	47	(1) support the office of the secretary of state's
48	48	[Department of Public Safety's] reengineering of the driver's
49	49	license system to provide for the issuance by the office of the
50	50	secretary of state [Department of Public Safety] of a driver's
51	51	license or personal identification certificate, to include use of
52	52	image comparison technology; and
53	53	(2) make lease payments to the master lease purchase
54	54	program for the financing of the driver's license reengineering
55	55	project.
56	56	(c) Subject to appropriation, fees collected under this
57	57	section may be used by the office of the secretary of state
58	58	[Department of Public Safety], the Texas Department of Insurance,
59	59	the Department of Information Resources, and the department to
60	60	carry out Subchapter N, Chapter 601.
61	61	(d) The office of the secretary of state [Department of
62	62	Public Safety], the Texas Department of Insurance, the Department
63	63	of Information Resources, and the department shall jointly adopt
64	64	rules and develop forms necessary to administer this section.
65	65	SECTION 4. Sections 521.001(a)(1-a) and (2),
66	66	Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
67	67	(1-a) "Department" means the office [Department] of
68	68	the secretary of state [Public Safety].
69	69	(2) "Director" means the secretary of state [public
70	70	safety director].
71	71	SECTION 5. Section 521.009, Transportation Code, is amended
72	72	by amending Subsections (a), (a-1), (b), and (c) and adding
73	73	Subsections (a-2), (e-1), (e-2), and (g) to read as follows:
74	74	(a) The department may establish a program for the provision
75	75	of renewal and duplicate driver's license, election identification
76	76	certificate, and personal identification certificate services by
77	77	[in] counties, [and] municipalities, and vendors that enter into an
78	78	agreement with the department under Subsection (a-1).
79	79	(a-1) Under the program, the department may enter into an
80	80	agreement with the commissioners court of a county, [or] the
81	81	governing body of a municipality, or a vendor, subject to
82	82	Subsection (a-2), to permit county, [or] municipal, or vendor
83	83	employees to provide services at a county or municipal office or at
84	84	a location determined by the vendor relating to the issuance of
85	85	renewal and duplicate driver's licenses, election identification
86	86	certificates, and personal identification certificates, including:
87	87	(1) taking photographs;
88	88	(2) administering vision tests;
89	89	(3) updating a driver's license, election
90	90	identification certificate, or personal identification certificate
91	91	to change a name, address, or photograph;
92	92	(4) distributing and collecting information relating
93	93	to donations under Section 521.401;
94	94	(5) collecting fees; and
95	95	(6) performing other basic ministerial functions and
96	96	tasks necessary to issue renewal and duplicate driver's licenses,
97	97	election identification certificates, and personal identification
98	98	certificates.
99	99	(a-2) The department may enter into an agreement with a
100	100	vendor under Subsection (a-1) only if the vendor:
101	101	(1) is a driver education school authorized under
102	102	Section 521.165(e) to administer the examination required by
103	103	Section 521.161(b)(2); or
104	104	(2) otherwise performs customer service functions for
105	105	the public.
106	106	(b) An agreement under Subsection (a-1) may not include the
107	107	administration of [training to administer] an examination for
108	108	driver's license applicants under Subchapter H unless the agreement
109	109	is with a driver education school described by Subsection (a-2)(1).
110	110	(c) A participating county, [or] municipality, or vendor
111	111	must remit to the department for deposit as required by this chapter
112	112	fees collected for the issuance of a renewal or duplicate driver's
113	113	license or personal identification certificate.
114	114	(e-1) An agreement under Subsection (a-1) with a vendor must
115	115	require the vendor to:
116	116	(1) comply with training requirements developed by the
117	117	department under Subsection (e-2);
118	118	(2) agree to serve as a voter registration agency in a
119	119	manner that ensures compliance with federal law; and
120	120	(3) comply with the same privacy and information
121	121	security standards required of the department, including standards
122	122	required under:
123	123	(A) this chapter;
124	124	(B) Chapter 2054, Government Code;
125	125	(C) Chapter 2059, Government Code; or
126	126	(D) other law.
127	127	(e-2) The department shall develop training requirements
128	128	for a vendor relating to the services provided by the vendor under
129	129	this section.
130	130	(g) The department may perform periodic audits of a vendor
131	131	that has entered into an agreement with the department under
132	132	Subsection (a-1) to ensure compliance with this section, the
133	133	agreement entered into under this section, and any rules adopted by
134	134	the department under this section.
135	135	SECTION 6. Section 521.044(a), Transportation Code, is
136	136	amended to read as follows:
137	137	(a) Information provided on a driver's license or personal
138	138	identification certificate application that relates to the
139	139	applicant's social security number may be used only by the
140	140	department or disclosed only to:
141	141	(1) the child support enforcement division of the
142	142	attorney general's office;
143	143	(2) another state entity responsible for enforcing the
144	144	payment of child support;
145	145	(3) the United States Selective Service System as
146	146	provided by Section 521.147;
147	147	(4) the unclaimed property division of the
148	148	comptroller's office;
149	149	(5) the Health and Human Services Commission; or
150	150	(6) [the secretary of state for the purposes of voter
151	151	registration or the administration of elections; or
152	152	[(7)] an agency of another state responsible for
153	153	issuing driver's licenses or identification documents.
154	154	SECTION 7. Section 521.044(c)(1), Transportation Code, is
155	155	amended to read as follows:
156	156	(1) On the request of a state entity responsible for
157	157	investigating or enforcing the payment of child support [or the
158	158	secretary of state], the department shall disclose information
159	159	regarding an applicant's social security number.
160	160	SECTION 8. Subchapter C, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
161	161	is amended by adding Section 521.064 to read as follows:
162	162	Sec. 521.064. REPRODUCTION OF RECORDS. (a) Except as
163	163	provided by Subsection (b), the department may photograph,
164	164	microphotograph, or film any record in connection with the issuance
165	165	of a driver's license or commercial driver's license.
166	166	(b) An original fingerprint card may not be photographed or
167	167	filmed to dispose of the original record.
168	168	(c) The department may create original records in
169	169	micrographic form on media, such as computer output microfilm.
170	170	(d) A photograph, microphotograph, or film of a record
171	171	reproduced under Subsection (a) is equivalent to the original
172	172	record for all purposes, including introduction as evidence in all
173	173	courts and administrative agency proceedings. A certified or
174	174	authenticated copy of such a photograph, microphotograph, or film
175	175	is admissible as evidence equally with the original photograph,
176	176	microphotograph, or film.
177	177	(e) The director or an authorized representative may
178	178	certify the authenticity of a photograph, microphotograph, or film
179	179	of a record reproduced under this section and shall charge a fee for
180	180	the certified photograph, microphotograph, or film as provided by
181	181	law.
182	182	(f) Certified records shall be furnished to any person who
183	183	is authorized by law to receive them.
184	184	SECTION 9. Section 521.103, Transportation Code, is amended
185	185	by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
186	186	(d) The Department of Public Safety may access any
187	187	photograph of a person described by Subsection (a) that is made
188	188	available to the department through the process of issuing a
189	189	personal identification certificate under this section, including
190	190	a renewal, duplicate, or corrected certificate, for use by the
191	191	Department of Public Safety for purposes of Article 62.005(c), Code
192	192	of Criminal Procedure.
193	193	SECTION 10. Section 521.247, Transportation Code, is
194	194	amended to read as follows:
195	195	Sec. 521.247. APPROVAL OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES BY
196	196	DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (a) The Department of Public Safety
197	197	[department] shall adopt rules for the approval of ignition
198	198	interlock devices used under this subchapter.
199	199	(b) The Department of Public Safety [department] by rule
200	200	shall establish general standards for the calibration and
201	201	maintenance of the devices. The manufacturer or an authorized
202	202	representative of the manufacturer is responsible for calibrating
203	203	and maintaining the device.
204	204	(c) If the Department of Public Safety [department]
205	205	approves a device, the Department of Public Safety [department]
206	206	shall notify the manufacturer of that approval in writing. Written
207	207	notice from the Department of Public Safety [department] to a
208	208	manufacturer is admissible in a civil or criminal proceeding in
209	209	this state. The manufacturer shall reimburse the Department of
210	210	Public Safety [department] for any cost incurred by the Department
211	211	of Public Safety [department] in approving the device.
212	212	(d) The Department of Public Safety [department] is not
213	213	liable in a civil or criminal proceeding that arises from the use of
214	214	an approved device.
215	215	SECTION 11. Section 521.2475, Transportation Code, is
216	216	amended to read as follows:
217	217	Sec. 521.2475. IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE EVALUATION. (a)
218	218	On January 1 of each year, the Department of Public Safety
219	219	[department] shall issue an evaluation of each ignition interlock
220	220	device approved under Section 521.247 using guidelines established
221	221	by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, including:
222	222	(1) whether the device provides accurate detection of
223	223	alveolar air;
224	224	(2) the moving retest abilities of the device;
225	225	(3) the use of tamper-proof blood alcohol content
226	226	level software by the device;
227	227	(4) the anticircumvention design of the device;
228	228	(5) the recalibration requirements of the device; and
229	229	(6) the breath action required by the operator.
230	230	(b) The Department of Public Safety [department] shall
231	231	assess the cost of preparing the evaluation equally against each
232	232	manufacturer of an approved device.
233	233	SECTION 12. Sections 521.2476(a), (b), (c), and (d),
234	234	Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
235	235	(a) The Department of Public Safety [department] by rule
236	236	shall establish:
237	237	(1) minimum standards for vendors of ignition
238	238	interlock devices who conduct business in this state; and
239	239	(2) procedures to ensure compliance with those
240	240	standards, including procedures for the inspection of a vendor's
241	241	facilities.
242	242	(b) The minimum standards shall require each vendor to:
243	243	(1) be authorized by the Department of Public Safety
244	244	[department] to do business in this state;
245	245	(2) install a device only if the device is approved
246	246	under Section 521.247;
247	247	(3) obtain liability insurance providing coverage for
248	248	damages arising out of the operation or use of devices in amounts
249	249	and under the terms specified by the Department of Public Safety
250	250	[department];
251	251	(4) install the device and activate any
252	252	anticircumvention feature of the device within a reasonable time
253	253	after the vendor receives notice that installation is ordered by a
254	254	court;
255	255	(5) install and inspect the device in accordance with
256	256	any applicable court order;
257	257	(6) repair or replace a device not later than 48 hours
258	258	after receiving notice of a complaint regarding the operation of
259	259	the device;
260	260	(7) submit a written report of any violation of a court
261	261	order to that court and to the person's supervising officer, if any,
262	262	not later than 48 hours after the vendor discovers the violation;
263	263	(8) maintain a record of each action taken by the
264	264	vendor with respect to each device installed by the vendor,
265	265	including each action taken as a result of an attempt to circumvent
266	266	the device, until at least the fifth anniversary after the date of
267	267	installation;
268	268	(9) make a copy of the record available for inspection
269	269	by or send a copy of the record to any court, supervising officer,
270	270	or the Department of Public Safety [department] on request; and
271	271	(10) annually provide to the Department of Public
272	272	Safety [department] a written report of each service and ignition
273	273	interlock device feature made available by the vendor.
274	274	(c) The Department of Public Safety [department] may revoke
275	275	its [the department's] authorization for a vendor to do business in
276	276	this state if the vendor or an officer or employee of the vendor
277	277	violates:
278	278	(1) any law of this state that applies to the vendor;
279	279	or
280	280	(2) any rule adopted by the Department of Public
281	281	Safety [department] under this section or another law that applies
282	282	to the vendor.
283	283	(d) A vendor shall reimburse the Department of Public Safety
284	284	[department] for the reasonable cost of conducting each inspection
285	285	of the vendor's facilities under this section.
286	286	SECTION 13. Section 521.272, Transportation Code, is
287	287	amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
288	288	(e) The Department of Public Safety may access any
289	289	photograph of a person described by Subsection (a) that is made
290	290	available to the department through the process of issuing a
291	291	driver's license under this section, including a renewal,
292	292	duplicate, or corrected license, for use by the Department of
293	293	Public Safety for purposes of Article 62.005(c), Code of Criminal
294	294	Procedure.
295	295	SECTION 14. Section 521.428, Transportation Code, is
296	296	amended to read as follows:
297	297	Sec. 521.428. COUNTY, [OR] MUNICIPAL, OR VENDOR FEE. (a) A
298	298	county, [or] municipality, or vendor that provides services under
299	299	an agreement described by Section 521.009 may collect an additional
300	300	fee of up to $5 for each transaction provided that relates to
301	301	driver's license and personal identification certificate services
302	302	only.
303	303	(b) No portion of a fee authorized under this section may be
304	304	charged for performing a function in connection with voter
305	305	registration.
306	306	SECTION 15. Sections 521A.001(a), (b), (e), (f), (g), and
307	307	(h), Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
308	308	(a) The office of the secretary of state [department] shall
309	309	issue an election identification certificate to a person who states
310	310	that the person is obtaining the certificate for the purpose of
311	311	satisfying Section 63.001(b), Election Code, and does not have
312	312	another form of identification described by Section 63.0101(a),
313	313	Election Code, and:
314	314	(1) who is a registered voter in this state and
315	315	presents a valid voter registration certificate; or
316	316	(2) who is eligible for registration under Section
317	317	13.001, Election Code, and submits a registration application to
318	318	the department.
319	319	(b) The office of the secretary of state [department] may
320	320	not collect a fee for an election identification certificate or a
321	321	duplicate election identification certificate issued under this
322	322	section.
323	323	(e) An election identification certificate must be similar
324	324	in form to, but distinguishable in color from, a driver's license
325	325	and a personal identification certificate. [The department may
326	326	cooperate with the secretary of state in developing the form and
327	327	appearance of an election identification certificate.]
328	328	(f) The office of the secretary of state [department] may
329	329	require each applicant for an original or renewal election
330	330	identification certificate to furnish to the office [department]
331	331	the information required by Section 521.142.
332	332	(g) The office of the secretary of state [department] may
333	333	cancel and require surrender of an election identification
334	334	certificate after determining that the holder was not entitled to
335	335	the certificate or gave incorrect or incomplete information in the
336	336	application for the certificate.
337	337	(h) A certificate expires on a date specified by the office
338	338	of the secretary of state [department], except that a certificate
339	339	issued to a person 70 years of age or older does not expire.
340	340	SECTION 16. Section 522.003(8), Transportation Code, is
341	341	amended to read as follows:
342	342	(8) "Department" means the office [Department] of the
343	343	secretary of state [Public Safety].
344	344	SECTION 17. Section 522.007, Transportation Code, is
345	345	amended to read as follows:
346	346	Sec. 522.007. EXEMPTION FOR NEIGHBORING STATES. (a) The
347	347	secretary of state [public safety director] shall enter
348	348	negotiations with an appropriate person or entity of a state
349	349	bordering this state for the purpose of applying the exemption
350	350	contained in Section 522.004(a)(1) to residents of that state.
351	351	(b) The secretary of state [public safety director] may
352	352	enter an agreement to apply the exemption contained in Section
353	353	522.004(a)(1) to residents of a bordering state only if that state
354	354	extends a similar exemption to residents of this state.
355	355	SECTION 18. Section 522.152(d), Transportation Code, is
356	356	amended to read as follows:
357	357	(d) The organization shall submit an annual report to the
358	358	secretary [director] of state [the department] that includes the
359	359	total dollar amount of contributions received by the organization
360	360	under this section.
361	361	SECTION 19. Sections 523.003(2) and (5), Transportation
362	362	Code, are amended to read as follows:
363	363	(2) "Executive director" means the secretary
364	364	[director] of state [the Department of Public Safety] or the
365	365	equivalent officer of another state.
366	366	(5) "Licensing authority" means the office
367	367	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] or the
368	368	equivalent agency of another state.
369	369	SECTION 20. Sections 524.001(8) and (9), Transportation
370	370	Code, are amended to read as follows:
371	371	(8) "Department" means the office [Department] of the
372	372	secretary of state [Public Safety].
373	373	(9) "Director" means the secretary [public safety
374	374	director] of state [the department].
375	375	SECTION 21. Section 525.001(b), Transportation Code, is
376	376	amended to read as follows:
377	377	(b) The office [Department] of the secretary of state
378	378	[Public Safety] shall include motorcycle and bicycle awareness
379	379	information in [any edition of] the Texas driver's handbook
380	380	[published after the department exhausts the supply of the handbook
381	381	that the department had on September 1, 1993].
382	382	SECTION 22. Section 542.304(a), Transportation Code, is
383	383	amended to read as follows:
384	384	(a) The department by rule shall designate the offenses
385	385	involving the operation of a motor vehicle that constitute a moving
386	386	violation of the traffic law for the purposes of:
387	387	(1) [Article 102.022(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
388	388	[(2)] Section 1001.112(a-2), Education Code;
389	389	(2) [(3)] Section 411.110(f), Government Code; and
390	390	(3) [(4)] Sections 773.0614(b) and 773.06141(a),
391	391	Health and Safety Code.
392	392	SECTION 23. Section 543.112(b), Transportation Code, is
393	393	amended to read as follows:
394	394	(b) The uniform certificate of course completion must
395	395	include an identifying number by which the Texas Department of
396	396	Licensing and Regulation, the court, [or] the department, or the
397	397	office of the secretary of state may verify its authenticity with
398	398	the course provider and must be in a form adopted by the Texas
399	399	Department of Licensing and Regulation.
400	400	SECTION 24. Section 601.002(1), Transportation Code, is
401	401	amended to read as follows:
402	402	(1) "Department" means the office [Department] of the
403	403	secretary of state [Public Safety].
404	404	SECTION 25. Subchapter A, Chapter 601, Transportation Code,
405	405	is amended by adding Section 601.010 to read as follows:
406	406	Sec. 601.010. ACCESS TO RECORDS BY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
407	407	SAFETY. The Department of Public Safety may access the
408	408	department's records relating to the suspension of a driver's
409	409	license and vehicle registration under this chapter.
410	410	SECTION 26. Section 601.233(a), Transportation Code, is
411	411	amended to read as follows:
412	412	(a) A citation for an offense under Section 601.191 issued
413	413	as a result of Section 601.053 must include, in type larger than
414	414	other type on the citation, the following statement:
415	415	"A second or subsequent conviction of an offense under the Texas
416	416	Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act will result in the
417	417	suspension of your driver's license and motor vehicle registration
418	418	unless you file and maintain evidence of financial responsibility
419	419	with the office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public
420	420	Safety] for two years from the date of conviction. The office
421	421	[department] may waive the requirement to file evidence of
422	422	financial responsibility if you file satisfactory evidence with the
423	423	office [department] showing that at the time this citation was
424	424	issued, the vehicle was covered by a motor vehicle liability
425	425	insurance policy or that you were otherwise exempt from the
426	426	requirements to provide evidence of financial responsibility."
427	427	SECTION 27. Sections 643.253(g) and (h), Transportation
428	428	Code, are amended to read as follows:
429	429	(g) As soon as practicable after the date a person is
430	430	convicted of an offense under Subsection (b), the convicting court
431	431	shall notify the office of the secretary of state [Department of
432	432	Public Safety] of the conviction. The notice must be in a form
433	433	prescribed by the office of the secretary of state [Department of
434	434	Public Safety] and must contain the person's driver's license
435	435	number.
436	436	(h) A conviction under Subsection (b) shall be recorded in
437	437	the person's driving record maintained by the office of the
438	438	secretary of state [Department of Public Safety].
439	439	SECTION 28. Section 662.011(a), Transportation Code, is
440	440	amended to read as follows:
441	441	(a) Of each fee collected under Sections 521.421(b) and (g)
442	442	and Sections 522.029(f) and (g), the office [Department] of the
443	443	secretary of state [Public Safety] shall send $5 to the comptroller
444	444	for deposit to the credit of the motorcycle education fund account.
445	445	SECTION 29. Section 703.001(2), Transportation Code, is
446	446	amended to read as follows:
447	447	(2) "Department" and "licensing authority" mean the
448	448	office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety].
449	449	SECTION 30. Section 706.001(2), Transportation Code, is
450	450	amended to read as follows:
451	451	(2) "Department" means the office [Department] of the
452	452	secretary of state [Public Safety].
453	453	SECTION 31. Section 706.008(c), Transportation Code, is
454	454	amended to read as follows:
455	455	(c) Except for an action based on a citation issued by a
456	456	peace officer employed by the Department of Public Safety
457	457	[department], the vendor may not be compensated with state money.
458	458	SECTION 32. Section 724.001(7), Transportation Code, is
459	459	amended to read as follows:
460	460	(7) "Department" means the office [Department] of the
461	461	secretary of state [Public Safety].
462	462	SECTION 33. Section 724.016, Transportation Code, is
463	463	amended to read as follows:
464	464	Sec. 724.016. BREATH SPECIMEN. (a) A breath specimen taken
465	465	at the request or order of a peace officer must be taken and
466	466	analyzed under rules of the Department of Public Safety
467	467	[department] by an individual possessing a certificate issued by
468	468	the Department of Public Safety [department] certifying that the
469	469	individual is qualified to perform the analysis.
470	470	(b) The Department of Public Safety [department] may:
471	471	(1) adopt rules approving satisfactory analytical
472	472	methods; and
473	473	(2) ascertain the qualifications of an individual to
474	474	perform the analysis.
475	475	(c) The Department of Public Safety [department] may revoke
476	476	a certificate for cause.
477	477	SECTION 34. Sections 724.032(a) and (b), Transportation
478	478	Code, are amended to read as follows:
479	479	(a) If a person refuses to submit to the taking of a
480	480	specimen, whether expressly or because of an intentional failure of
481	481	the person to give the specimen, the peace officer shall:
482	482	(1) serve notice of license suspension or denial on
483	483	the person;
484	484	(2) take possession of any license issued by this
485	485	state and held by the person arrested;
486	486	(3) issue a temporary driving permit to the person
487	487	unless department records show or the officer otherwise determines
488	488	that the person does not hold a license to operate a motor vehicle
489	489	in this state; and
490	490	(4) make a written report of the refusal to the
491	491	secretary of state [director of the department].
492	492	(b) The secretary of state [director] must approve the form
493	493	of the refusal report. The report must:
494	494	(1) show the grounds for the officer's belief that the
495	495	person had been operating a motor vehicle or watercraft powered
496	496	with an engine having a manufacturer's rating of 50 horsepower or
497	497	above while intoxicated; and
498	498	(2) contain a copy of:
499	499	(A) the refusal statement requested under
500	500	Section 724.031; or
501	501	(B) a statement signed by the officer that the
502	502	person refused to:
503	503	(i) submit to the taking of the requested
504	504	specimen; and
505	505	(ii) sign the requested statement under
506	506	Section 724.031.
507	507	SECTION 35. Subchapter C, Chapter 724, Transportation Code,
508	508	is amended by adding Section 724.0345 to read as follows:
509	509	Sec. 724.0345. ACCESS TO RECORDS BY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
510	510	SAFETY. The Department of Public Safety may access the
511	511	department's records relating to the suspension or denial of a
512	512	driver's license.
513	513	SECTION 36. Section 106.03(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
514	514	amended to read as follows:
515	515	(b) A person who sells a minor an alcoholic beverage does
516	516	not commit an offense if the minor falsely represents himself to be
517	517	21 years old or older by displaying an apparently valid proof of
518	518	identification that contains a physical description and photograph
519	519	consistent with the minor's appearance, purports to establish that
520	520	the minor is 21 years of age or older, and was issued by a
521	521	governmental agency. The proof of identification may include a
522	522	driver's license or identification card issued by the office
523	523	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety], a passport,
524	524	or a military identification card.
525	525	SECTION 37. Section 106.06(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
526	526	amended to read as follows:
527	527	(d) A judge, acting under Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal
528	528	Procedure, who places a defendant charged with an offense under
529	529	this section on community supervision under that chapter shall, if
530	530	the defendant committed the offense at a gathering where
531	531	participants were involved in the abuse of alcohol, including binge
532	532	drinking or forcing or coercing individuals to consume alcohol, in
533	533	addition to any other condition imposed by the judge:
534	534	(1) require the defendant to:
535	535	(A) perform community service for not less than
536	536	20 or more than 40 hours; and
537	537	(B) attend an alcohol awareness program approved
538	538	under Section 106.115; and
539	539	(2) order the office [Department] of the secretary of
540	540	state [Public Safety] to suspend the driver's license or permit of
541	541	the defendant or, if the defendant does not have a driver's license
542	542	or permit, to deny the issuance of a driver's license or permit to
543	543	the defendant for 180 days.
544	544	SECTION 38. Section 106.071(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
545	545	amended to read as follows:
546	546	(d) In addition to any fine and any order issued under
547	547	Section 106.115:
548	548	(1) the court shall order a minor placed on deferred
549	549	disposition for or convicted of an offense to which this section
550	550	applies to perform community service for:
551	551	(A) not less than eight or more than 12 hours, if
552	552	the minor has not been previously convicted of an offense to which
553	553	this section applies; or
554	554	(B) not less than 20 or more than 40 hours, if the
555	555	minor has been previously convicted once of an offense to which this
556	556	section applies; and
557	557	(2) the court shall order the office [Department] of
558	558	the secretary of state [Public Safety] to suspend the driver's
559	559	license or permit of a minor convicted of an offense to which this
560	560	section applies or, if the minor does not have a driver's license or
561	561	permit, to deny the issuance of a driver's license or permit for:
562	562	(A) 30 days, if the minor has not been previously
563	563	convicted of an offense to which this section applies;
564	564	(B) 60 days, if the minor has been previously
565	565	convicted once of an offense to which this section applies; or
566	566	(C) 180 days, if the minor has been previously
567	567	convicted twice or more of an offense to which this section applies.
568	568	SECTION 39. Sections 106.115(b-2), (d), and (e), Alcoholic
569	569	Beverage Code, are amended to read as follows:
570	570	(b-2) For purposes of Subsection (b-1), if the defendant is
571	571	enrolled in an institution of higher education located in a county
572	572	in which access to an alcohol awareness program is readily
573	573	available, the court may consider the defendant to be a resident of
574	574	that county. If the defendant is not enrolled in such an
575	575	institution of higher education or if the court does not consider
576	576	the defendant to be a resident of the county in which the
577	577	institution is located, the defendant's residence is the residence
578	578	listed on the defendant's driver's license or personal
579	579	identification certificate issued by the office [Department] of the
580	580	secretary of state [Public Safety]. If the defendant does not have
581	581	a driver's license or personal identification certificate issued by
582	582	the office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety],
583	583	the defendant's residence is the residence on the defendant's voter
584	584	registration certificate. If the defendant is not registered to
585	585	vote, the defendant's residence is the residence on file with the
586	586	public school district on which the defendant's enrollment is
587	587	based. If the defendant is not enrolled in public school, the
588	588	defendant's residence is determined as provided by commission rule.
589	589	(d) If the defendant does not present the required evidence
590	590	within the prescribed period, the court:
591	591	(1) shall order the office [Department] of the
592	592	secretary of state [Public Safety] to:
593	593	(A) suspend the defendant's driver's license or
594	594	permit for a period not to exceed six months or, if the defendant
595	595	does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license
596	596	or permit to the defendant for that period; or
597	597	(B) if the defendant has been previously
598	598	convicted of an offense under one or more of the sections listed in
599	599	Subsection (a), suspend the defendant's driver's license or permit
600	600	for a period not to exceed one year or, if the defendant does not
601	601	have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license or
602	602	permit to the defendant for that period; and
603	603	(2) may order the defendant or the parent, managing
604	604	conservator, or guardian of the defendant to do any act or refrain
605	605	from doing any act if the court determines that doing the act or
606	606	refraining from doing the act will increase the likelihood that the
607	607	defendant will present evidence to the court that the defendant has
608	608	satisfactorily completed an alcohol awareness program or performed
609	609	the required hours of community service.
610	610	(e) The office [Department] of the secretary of state
611	611	[Public Safety] shall send notice of the suspension or prohibition
612	612	order issued under Subsection (d) by first class mail to the
613	613	defendant. The notice must include the date of the suspension or
614	614	prohibition order, the reason for the suspension or prohibition,
615	615	and the period covered by the suspension or prohibition.
616	616	SECTION 40. Section 106.15(e), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
617	617	amended to read as follows:
618	618	(e) A person does not commit an offense under Subsection (a)
619	619	if the person younger than 18 years of age falsely represents the
620	620	person's age to be at least 18 years of age by displaying an
621	621	apparently valid Texas driver's license or an identification card
622	622	issued by the office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public
623	623	Safety] containing a physical description consistent with the
624	624	person's appearance.
625	625	SECTION 41. Section 20.23(b), Business & Commerce Code, is
626	626	amended to read as follows:
627	627	(b) Information or documentation that identifies a
628	628	protected consumer or a representative of a protected consumer is
629	629	considered sufficient proof of identity for purposes of this
630	630	subchapter, including:
631	631	(1) a social security number or a copy of the social
632	632	security card issued by the United States Social Security
633	633	Administration;
634	634	(2) a certified or official copy of a birth
635	635	certificate issued by the entity authorized to issue the birth
636	636	certificate;
637	637	(3) a copy of a driver's license or identification card
638	638	issued by the office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public
639	639	Safety]; or
640	640	(4) any other government-issued identification.
641	641	SECTION 42. Article 42.016, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
642	642	amended to read as follows:
643	643	Art. 42.016. SPECIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION
644	644	REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS. If a person is convicted
645	645	of, receives a grant of deferred adjudication for, or is
646	646	adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct based on a
647	647	violation of an offense for which a conviction or adjudication
648	648	requires registration as a sex offender under Chapter 62, the court
649	649	shall:
650	650	(1) issue an order requiring the office [Texas
651	651	Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] to include in
652	652	any driver's license record or personal identification certificate
653	653	record maintained by the office [department] for the person an
654	654	indication that the person is subject to the registration
655	655	requirements of Chapter 62;
656	656	(2) require the person to apply to the office [Texas
657	657	Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] in person for
658	658	an original or renewal driver's license or personal identification
659	659	certificate not later than the 30th day after the date the person is
660	660	released or the date the office [department] sends written notice
661	661	to the person of the requirements of Article 62.060, as applicable,
662	662	and to annually renew the license or certificate;
663	663	(3) notify the person of the consequence of the
664	664	conviction or order of deferred adjudication as it relates to the
665	665	order issued under this article; and
666	666	(4) send to the office [Texas Department] of the
667	667	secretary of state [Public Safety] a copy of the record of
668	668	conviction, a copy of the order granting deferred adjudication, or
669	669	a copy of the juvenile adjudication, as applicable, and a copy of
670	670	the order issued under this article.
671	671	SECTION 43. Article 42A.403(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
672	672	is amended to read as follows:
673	673	(a) A judge who places on community supervision a defendant
674	674	convicted of an offense under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code,
675	675	shall require as a condition of community supervision that the
676	676	defendant attend and successfully complete, before the 181st day
677	677	after the date community supervision is granted, an educational
678	678	program designed to rehabilitate persons who have driven while
679	679	intoxicated that is jointly approved by:
680	680	(1) the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation;
681	681	(2) the office [Department] of the secretary of state
682	682	[Public Safety];
683	683	(3) the traffic safety section of the traffic
684	684	operations division of the Texas Department of Transportation; and
685	685	(4) the community justice assistance division of the
686	686	Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
687	687	SECTION 44. Article 42A.406, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
688	688	amended to read as follows:
689	689	Art. 42A.406. EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS ON
690	690	DRIVING RECORD AND LICENSE. (a) If a defendant is required as a
691	691	condition of community supervision to attend an educational program
692	692	under Article 42A.403 or 42A.404, or if the court waives the
693	693	educational program requirement under Article 42A.403 or the
694	694	defendant successfully completes equivalent education under
695	695	Article 42A.4045, the court clerk shall immediately report that
696	696	fact to the office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public
697	697	Safety], on a form prescribed by the office [department], for
698	698	inclusion in the defendant's driving record. If the court grants an
699	699	extension of time in which the defendant may complete the
700	700	educational program under Article 42A.403, the court clerk shall
701	701	immediately report that fact to the office [Department] of the
702	702	secretary of state [Public Safety] on a form prescribed by the
703	703	office [department]. The clerk's report under this subsection must
704	704	include the beginning date of the defendant's community
705	705	supervision.
706	706	(b) On the defendant's successful completion of an
707	707	educational program under Article 42A.403 or 42A.404, the
708	708	defendant's instructor shall give notice to the office [Department]
709	709	of the secretary of state [Public Safety] for inclusion in the
710	710	defendant's driving record and to the community supervision and
711	711	corrections department. The community supervision and corrections
712	712	department shall forward the notice to the court clerk for filing.
713	713	(c) [(b-1)] Upon release from a residential treatment
714	714	facility at which the person successfully completed equivalent
715	715	education under Article 42A.4045, at the request of the court
716	716	clerk, the director of the residential treatment facility shall
717	717	give notice to the office [Department] of the secretary of state
718	718	[Public Safety] for inclusion in the person's driving record.
719	719	(d) [(c)] If the office [Department] of the secretary of
720	720	state [Public Safety] does not receive notice that a defendant
721	721	required to complete an educational program has successfully
722	722	completed the program within the period required by the judge under
723	723	this subchapter, as shown on office [department] records, the
724	724	office [department], as provided by Sections 521.344(e) and (f),
725	725	Transportation Code, shall:
726	726	(1) revoke the defendant's driver's license; or
727	727	(2) prohibit the defendant from obtaining a license.
728	728	(e) [(d)] The office [Department] of the secretary of state
729	729	[Public Safety] may not reinstate a license revoked under
730	730	Subsection (d) [(c)] as the result of an educational program
731	731	requirement imposed under Article 42A.403 unless the defendant
732	732	whose license was revoked applies to the office [department] for
733	733	reinstatement of the license and pays to the office [department] a
734	734	reinstatement fee of $100. The office [Department] of the
735	735	secretary of state [Public Safety] shall remit all fees collected
736	736	under this subsection to the comptroller for deposit in the general
737	737	revenue fund.
738	738	SECTION 45. Articles 42A.407(c) and (e), Code of Criminal
739	739	Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
740	740	(c) If the office [Department] of the secretary of state
741	741	[Public Safety] receives notice that a defendant has been required
742	742	to attend a subsequent educational program under Article 42A.403 or
743	743	42A.404, although the previously required attendance had been
744	744	waived, but the judge has not ordered a period of suspension, the
745	745	office [department] shall:
746	746	(1) suspend the defendant's driver's license; or
747	747	(2) issue an order prohibiting the defendant from
748	748	obtaining a license for a period of one year.
749	749	(e) The suspension of a defendant's driver's license under
750	750	Subsection (d) shall be reported to the office [Department] of the
751	751	secretary of state [Public Safety] as provided under Section
752	752	521.347, Transportation Code.
753	753	SECTION 46. Articles 45.050(c) and (f), Code of Criminal
754	754	Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
755	755	(c) If a child fails to obey an order of a justice or
756	756	municipal court under circumstances that would constitute contempt
757	757	of court, the justice or municipal court, after providing notice
758	758	and an opportunity to be heard, may:
759	759	(1) refer the child to the appropriate juvenile court
760	760	for delinquent conduct for contempt of the justice or municipal
761	761	court order; or
762	762	(2) retain jurisdiction of the case, hold the child in
763	763	contempt of the justice or municipal court, and order either or both
764	764	of the following:
765	765	(A) that the contemnor pay a fine not to exceed
766	766	$500; or
767	767	(B) that the office [Department] of the secretary
768	768	of state [Public Safety] suspend the contemnor's driver's license
769	769	or permit or, if the contemnor does not have a license or permit, to
770	770	deny the issuance of a license or permit to the contemnor until the
771	771	contemnor fully complies with the orders of the court.
772	772	(f) A court that orders suspension or denial of a driver's
773	773	license or permit under Subsection (c)(2)(B) shall notify the
774	774	office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] on
775	775	receiving proof of compliance with the orders of the court.
776	776	SECTION 47. Articles 45.051(b-1) and (b-3), Code of
777	777	Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
778	778	(b-1) If the defendant is younger than 25 years of age and
779	779	the offense committed by the defendant is a traffic offense
780	780	classified as a moving violation:
781	781	(1) Subsection (b)(8) does not apply;
782	782	(2) during the deferral period, the judge:
783	783	(A) shall require the defendant to complete a
784	784	driving safety course approved under Chapter 1001, Education Code;
785	785	and
786	786	(B) may require the defendant to complete an
787	787	additional driving safety course designed for drivers younger than
788	788	25 years of age and approved under Section 1001.111, Education
789	789	Code; and
790	790	(3) if the defendant holds a provisional license,
791	791	during the deferral period the judge shall require that the
792	792	defendant be examined by the office [Department] of the secretary
793	793	of state [Public Safety] as required by Section 521.161(b)(2),
794	794	Transportation Code; a defendant is not exempt from the examination
795	795	regardless of whether the defendant was examined previously.
796	796	(b-3) The reimbursement fee collected under Subsection
797	797	(b-2) must be deposited to the credit of a special account in the
798	798	general revenue fund and may be used only by the office [Department]
799	799	of the secretary of state [Public Safety] for the administration of
800	800	Chapter 521, Transportation Code.
801	801	SECTION 48. Articles 45.0511(c), (c-1), and (l), Code of
802	802	Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
803	803	(c) The court shall enter judgment on the defendant's plea
804	804	of no contest or guilty at the time the plea is made, defer
805	805	imposition of the judgment, and allow the defendant 90 days to
806	806	successfully complete the approved driving safety course or
807	807	motorcycle operator training course and present to the court:
808	808	(1) a uniform certificate of completion of the driving
809	809	safety course or a verification of completion of the motorcycle
810	810	operator training course;
811	811	(2) unless the judge proceeds under Subsection (c-1),
812	812	the defendant's driving record as maintained by the office
813	813	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety], if any,
814	814	showing that the defendant had not completed an approved driving
815	815	safety course or motorcycle operator training course, as
816	816	applicable, within the 12 months preceding the date of the offense;
817	817	(3) an affidavit stating that the defendant was not
818	818	taking a driving safety course or motorcycle operator training
819	819	course, as applicable, under this article on the date the request to
820	820	take the course was made and had not completed such a course that is
821	821	not shown on the defendant's driving record within the 12 months
822	822	preceding the date of the offense; and
823	823	(4) if the defendant does not have a valid Texas
824	824	driver's license or permit and is a member, or the spouse or
825	825	dependent child of a member, of the United States military forces
826	826	serving on active duty, an affidavit stating that the defendant was
827	827	not taking a driving safety course or motorcycle operator training
828	828	course, as appropriate, in another state on the date the request to
829	829	take the course was made and had not completed such a course within
830	830	the 12 months preceding the date of the offense.
831	831	(c-1) In this subsection, "state electronic Internet
832	832	portal" has the meaning assigned by Section 2054.003, Government
833	833	Code. As an alternative to receiving the defendant's driving
834	834	record under Subsection (c)(2), the judge, at the time the
835	835	defendant requests a driving safety course or motorcycle operator
836	836	training course dismissal under this article, may require the
837	837	defendant to pay a reimbursement fee in an amount equal to the sum
838	838	of the amount of the fee established by Section 521.048,
839	839	Transportation Code, and the state electronic Internet portal fee
840	840	and, using the state electronic Internet portal, may request the
841	841	office [Texas Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety]
842	842	to provide the judge with a copy of the defendant's driving record
843	843	that shows the information described by Section 521.047(b),
844	844	Transportation Code. As soon as practicable and using the state
845	845	electronic Internet portal, the office [Texas Department] of the
846	846	secretary of state [Public Safety] shall provide the judge with the
847	847	requested copy of the defendant's driving record. The
848	848	reimbursement fee authorized by this subsection is in addition to
849	849	any other fee required under this article. If the copy of the
850	850	defendant's driving record provided to the judge under this
851	851	subsection shows that the defendant has not completed an approved
852	852	driving safety course or motorcycle operator training course, as
853	853	appropriate, within the 12 months preceding the date of the
854	854	offense, the judge shall allow the defendant to complete the
855	855	appropriate course as provided by this article. The custodian of a
856	856	municipal or county treasury who receives reimbursement fees
857	857	collected under this subsection shall keep a record of the fees and,
858	858	without deduction or proration, forward the fees to the
859	859	comptroller, with and in the manner required for other fees and
860	860	costs received in connection with criminal cases. The comptroller
861	861	shall credit fees received under this subsection to the office
862	862	[Texas Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety].
863	863	(l) When a defendant complies with Subsection (c), the court
864	864	shall:
865	865	(1) remove the judgment and dismiss the charge;
866	866	(2) report the fact that the defendant successfully
867	867	completed a driving safety course or a motorcycle operator training
868	868	course and the date of completion to the office [Texas Department]
869	869	of the secretary of state [Public Safety] for inclusion in the
870	870	person's driving record; and
871	871	(3) state in that report whether the course was taken
872	872	under this article to provide information necessary to determine
873	873	eligibility to take a subsequent course under Subsection (b).
874	874	SECTION 49. Article 45.052(d), Code of Criminal Procedure,
875	875	is amended to read as follows:
876	876	(d) A charge dismissed under this article may not be part of
877	877	the defendant's criminal record or driving record or used for any
878	878	purpose. However, if the charge was for a traffic offense, the
879	879	court shall report to the office [Department] of the secretary of
880	880	state [Public Safety] that the defendant successfully completed the
881	881	teen court program and the date of completion for inclusion in the
882	882	defendant's driving record.
883	883	SECTION 50. Article 62.053(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
884	884	is amended to read as follows:
885	885	(a) Before a person who will be subject to registration
886	886	under this chapter is due to be released from a penal institution,
887	887	the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the Texas Juvenile
888	888	Justice Department shall determine the person's level of risk to
889	889	the community using the sex offender screening tool developed or
890	890	selected under Article 62.007 and assign to the person a numeric
891	891	risk level of one, two, or three. Before releasing the person, an
892	892	official of the penal institution shall:
893	893	(1) inform the person that:
894	894	(A) not later than the later of the seventh day
895	895	after the date on which the person is released or after the date on
896	896	which the person moves from a previous residence to a new residence
897	897	in this state or not later than the first date the applicable local
898	898	law enforcement authority by policy allows the person to register
899	899	or verify registration, the person must register or verify
900	900	registration with the local law enforcement authority in the
901	901	municipality or county in which the person intends to reside;
902	902	(B) not later than the seventh day after the date
903	903	on which the person is released or the date on which the person
904	904	moves from a previous residence to a new residence in this state,
905	905	the person must, if the person has not moved to an intended
906	906	residence, report to the applicable entity or entities as required
907	907	by Article 62.051(h) or (j) or 62.055(e);
908	908	(C) not later than the seventh day before the
909	909	date on which the person moves to a new residence in this state or
910	910	another state, the person must report in person to the local law
911	911	enforcement authority designated as the person's primary
912	912	registration authority by the department and to the juvenile
913	913	probation officer, community supervision and corrections
914	914	department officer, or parole officer supervising the person;
915	915	(D) not later than the 10th day after the date on
916	916	which the person arrives in another state in which the person
917	917	intends to reside, the person must register with the law
918	918	enforcement agency that is identified by the department as the
919	919	agency designated by that state to receive registration
920	920	information, if the other state has a registration requirement for
921	921	sex offenders;
922	922	(E) not later than the 30th day after the date on
923	923	which the person is released, the person must apply to the office of
924	924	the secretary of state [department] in person for the issuance of an
925	925	original or renewal driver's license or personal identification
926	926	certificate and a failure to apply to the office [department] as
927	927	required by this paragraph results in the automatic revocation of
928	928	any driver's license or personal identification certificate issued
929	929	by the office [department] to the person;
930	930	(F) the person must notify appropriate entities
931	931	of any change in status as described by Article 62.057;
932	932	(G) certain types of employment are prohibited
933	933	under Article 62.063 for a person with a reportable conviction or
934	934	adjudication for a sexually violent offense involving a victim
935	935	younger than 14 years of age and occurring on or after September 1,
936	936	2013;
937	937	(H) certain locations of residence are
938	938	prohibited under Article 62.064 for a person with a reportable
939	939	conviction or adjudication for an offense occurring on or after
940	940	September 1, 2017, except as otherwise provided by that article;
941	941	and
942	942	(I) if the person enters the premises of a school
943	943	as described by Article 62.065 and is subject to the requirements of
944	944	that article, the person must immediately notify the administrative
945	945	office of the school of the person's presence and the person's
946	946	registration status under this chapter;
947	947	(2) require the person to sign a written statement
948	948	that the person was informed of the person's duties as described by
949	949	Subdivision (1) or Subsection (g) or, if the person refuses to sign
950	950	the statement, certify that the person was so informed;
951	951	(3) obtain the address or, if applicable, a detailed
952	952	description of each geographical location where the person expects
953	953	to reside on the person's release and other registration
954	954	information, including a photograph and complete set of
955	955	fingerprints; and
956	956	(4) complete the registration form for the person.
957	957	SECTION 51. Article 62.060, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
958	958	amended to read as follows:
959	959	Art. 62.060. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
960	960	PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE. (a) A person subject to
961	961	registration under this chapter shall apply to the office of the
962	962	secretary of state [department] in person for the issuance of, as
963	963	applicable, an original or renewal driver's license under Section
964	964	521.272, Transportation Code, an original or renewal personal
965	965	identification certificate under Section 521.103, Transportation
966	966	Code, or an original or renewal commercial driver's license or
967	967	commercial learner's permit under Section 522.033, Transportation
968	968	Code, not later than the 30th day after the date:
969	969	(1) the person is released from a penal institution or
970	970	is released by a court on community supervision or juvenile
971	971	probation; or
972	972	(2) the office of the secretary of state [department]
973	973	sends written notice to the person of the requirements of this
974	974	article.
975	975	(b) The person shall annually renew in person each driver's
976	976	license or personal identification certificate issued by the office
977	977	of the secretary of state [department] to the person, including
978	978	each renewal, duplicate, or corrected license or certificate, until
979	979	the person's duty to register under this chapter expires.
980	980	SECTION 52. Article 62.2021(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
981	981	is amended to read as follows:
982	982	(a) Notwithstanding Article 62.060(b), a person subject to
983	983	registration who is civilly committed as a sexually violent
984	984	predator and resides at a civil commitment center shall renew the
985	985	person's state-issued [department-issued] driver's license or
986	986	personal identification certificate as prescribed by Section
987	987	521.103, 521.272, or 522.033, Transportation Code, as applicable.
988	988	SECTION 53. Section 1001.056(d), Education Code, is amended
989	989	to read as follows:
990	990	(d) A certificate under this section must:
991	991	(1) be in a form required by the department; and
992	992	(2) include an identifying number by which the
993	993	department, a court, [or] the Department of Public Safety, or the
994	994	office of the secretary of state may verify its authenticity with
995	995	the course provider.
996	996	SECTION 54. Section 1001.058(b), Education Code, is amended
997	997	to read as follows:
998	998	(b) The advisory committee consists of 12 [eleven] members
999	999	appointed for staggered six-year terms by the presiding officer of
1000	1000	the commission, with the approval of the commission, as follows:
1001	1001	(1) one member representing a driver education school
1002	1002	that offers a traditional classroom course and in-car training;
1003	1003	(2) one member representing a driver education school
1004	1004	that offers a traditional classroom course, alternative methods of
1005	1005	instruction, or in-car training;
1006	1006	(3) one member representing a driving safety school
1007	1007	offering a traditional classroom course or providing an alternative
1008	1008	method of instruction;
1009	1009	(4) one member representing a driving safety course
1010	1010	provider approved for a traditional classroom course and for an
1011	1011	alternative method of instruction;
1012	1012	(5) one member representing a driving safety course
1013	1013	provider approved for a traditional classroom course or for an
1014	1014	alternative method of instruction;
1015	1015	(6) one licensed instructor;
1016	1016	(7) one representative of the Department of Public
1017	1017	Safety;
1018	1018	(8) one member representing a drug and alcohol driving
1019	1019	awareness program course provider;
1020	1020	(9) one member representing a parent-taught course
1021	1021	provider; [and]
1022	1022	(10) two members representing the public; and
1023	1023	(11) one representative of the office of the secretary
1024	1024	of state.
1025	1025	SECTION 55. Section 13.002(c), Election Code, is amended to
1026	1026	read as follows:
1027	1027	(c) A registration application must include:
1028	1028	(1) the applicant's first name, middle name, if any,
1029	1029	last name, and former name, if any;
1030	1030	(2) the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;
1031	1031	(3) a statement that the applicant is a United States
1032	1032	citizen;
1033	1033	(4) a statement that the applicant is a resident of the
1034	1034	county;
1035	1035	(5) a statement that the applicant has not been
1036	1036	determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate
1037	1037	jurisdiction to be:
1038	1038	(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
1039	1039	(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the
1040	1040	right to vote;
1041	1041	(6) a statement that the applicant has not been
1042	1042	finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon
1043	1043	eligible for registration under Section 13.001;
1044	1044	(7) the applicant's residence address or, if the
1045	1045	residence has no address, the address at which the applicant
1046	1046	receives mail and a concise description of the location of the
1047	1047	applicant's residence;
1048	1048	(8) the following information:
1049	1049	(A) the applicant's Texas driver's license number
1050	1050	or the number of a personal identification card issued by the office
1051	1051	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety];
1052	1052	(B) if the applicant has not been issued a number
1053	1053	described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's
1054	1054	social security number; or
1055	1055	(C) a statement by the applicant that the
1056	1056	applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or
1057	1057	(B);
1058	1058	(9) if the application is made by an agent, a statement
1059	1059	of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and
1060	1060	(10) the city and county in which the applicant
1061	1061	formerly resided.
1062	1062	SECTION 56. Section 13.004(c), Election Code, as amended by
1063	1063	Chapters 469 (H.B. 4173), 489 (H.B. 3100), and 1146 (H.B. 2910),
1064	1064	Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is reenacted
1065	1065	and amended to read as follows:
1066	1066	(c) The following information furnished on a registration
1067	1067	application is confidential and does not constitute public
1068	1068	information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code:
1069	1069	(1) a social security number;
1070	1070	(2) a Texas driver's license number;
1071	1071	(3) a number of a personal identification card issued
1072	1072	by the office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public
1073	1073	Safety];
1074	1074	(4) an indication that an applicant is interested in
1075	1075	working as an election judge;
1076	1076	(5) the residence address of the applicant, if the
1077	1077	applicant is a federal judge or state judge, the spouse of a federal
1078	1078	judge or state judge, the spouse of a peace officer as defined by
1079	1079	Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or an individual to whom
1080	1080	Section 552.1175, Government Code, or Section 521.1211,
1081	1081	Transportation Code, applies and the applicant:
1082	1082	(A) included an affidavit with the registration
1083	1083	application describing the applicant's status under this
1084	1084	subdivision, if the applicant is a federal judge or state judge or
1085	1085	the spouse of a federal judge or state judge;
1086	1086	(B) provided the registrar with an affidavit
1087	1087	describing the applicant's status under this subdivision, if the
1088	1088	applicant is a federal judge or state judge or the spouse of a
1089	1089	federal judge or state judge; or
1090	1090	(C) provided the registrar with a completed form
1091	1091	approved by the secretary of state for the purpose of notifying the
1092	1092	registrar of the applicant's status under this subdivision;
1093	1093	(6) the residence address of the applicant, if the
1094	1094	applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the
1095	1095	applicant's household is a victim of family violence as defined by
1096	1096	Section 71.004, Family Code, who provided the registrar with:
1097	1097	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
1098	1098	Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency
1099	1099	protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure;
1100	1100	or
1101	1101	(B) other independent documentary evidence
1102	1102	necessary to show that the applicant, the applicant's child, or
1103	1103	another person in the applicant's household is a victim of family
1104	1104	violence;
1105	1105	(7) the residence address of the applicant, if the
1106	1106	applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the
1107	1107	applicant's household is a victim of sexual assault or abuse,
1108	1108	stalking, or trafficking of persons who provided the registrar
1109	1109	with:
1110	1110	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
1111	1111	Subchapter A or B, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a
1112	1112	magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article
1113	1113	17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
1114	1114	(B) other independent documentary evidence
1115	1115	necessary to show that the applicant, the applicant's child, or
1116	1116	another person in the applicant's household is a victim of sexual
1117	1117	assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons;
1118	1118	(8) the residence address of the applicant, if the
1119	1119	applicant:
1120	1120	(A) is a participant in the address
1121	1121	confidentiality program administered by the attorney general under
1122	1122	Subchapter B, Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
1123	1123	(B) provided the registrar with proof of
1124	1124	certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
1125	1125	(9) the telephone number of any applicant submitting
1126	1126	documentation under Subdivision (5), (6), (7), or (8).
1127	1127	SECTION 57. Section 13.072(a), Election Code, is amended to
1128	1128	read as follows:
1129	1129	(a) Unless the registrar challenges the applicant, the
1130	1130	registrar shall approve the application if:
1131	1131	(1) the registrar determines that an application
1132	1132	complies with Section 13.002 and indicates that the applicant is
1133	1133	eligible for registration; and
1134	1134	(2) for an applicant who has not included a statement
1135	1135	described by Section 13.002(c)(8)(C), the registrar verifies with
1136	1136	the secretary of state:
1137	1137	(A) the applicant's Texas driver's license number
1138	1138	or number of a personal identification card issued by the office
1139	1139	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety]; or
1140	1140	(B) the last four digits of the applicant's
1141	1141	social security number.
1142	1142	SECTION 58. Section 13.122(a), Election Code, is amended to
1143	1143	read as follows:
1144	1144	(a) In addition to the other statements and spaces for
1145	1145	entering information that appear on an officially prescribed
1146	1146	registration application form, each official form must include:
1147	1147	(1) the statement: "I understand that giving false
1148	1148	information to procure a voter registration is perjury and a crime
1149	1149	under state and federal law.";
1150	1150	(2) a space for the applicant's registration number;
1151	1151	(3) a space for the applicant's Texas driver's license
1152	1152	number or number of a personal identification card issued by the
1153	1153	office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety];
1154	1154	(4) a space for the applicant's telephone number;
1155	1155	(5) a space for the applicant's social security
1156	1156	number;
1157	1157	(6) a space for the applicant's sex;
1158	1158	(7) a statement indicating that the furnishing of the
1159	1159	applicant's telephone number and sex is optional;
1160	1160	(8) a space or box for indicating whether the
1161	1161	applicant or voter is submitting new registration information or a
1162	1162	change in current registration information;
1163	1163	(9) a statement instructing a voter who is using the
1164	1164	form to make a change in current registration information to enter
1165	1165	the voter's name and the changed information in the appropriate
1166	1166	spaces on the form;
1167	1167	(10) a statement that if the applicant declines to
1168	1168	register to vote, that fact will remain confidential and will be
1169	1169	used only for voter registration purposes;
1170	1170	(11) a statement that if the applicant does register
1171	1171	to vote, information regarding the agency or office to which the
1172	1172	application is submitted will remain confidential and will be used
1173	1173	only for voter registration purposes;
1174	1174	(12) a space or box for indicating whether the
1175	1175	applicant is interested in working as an election judge;
1176	1176	(13) a statement warning that a conviction for making
1177	1177	a false statement may result in imprisonment for up to the maximum
1178	1178	amount of time provided by law, a fine of up to the maximum amount
1179	1179	provided by law, or both the imprisonment and the fine; and
1180	1180	(14) any other voter registration information
1181	1181	required by federal law or considered appropriate and required by
1182	1182	the secretary of state.
1183	1183	SECTION 59. Section 16.031(a), Election Code, is amended to
1184	1184	read as follows:
1185	1185	(a) The registrar shall cancel a voter's registration
1186	1186	immediately on receipt of:
1187	1187	(1) notice under Section 13.072(b) or 15.021 or a
1188	1188	response under Section 15.053 that the voter's residence is outside
1189	1189	the county;
1190	1190	(2) an abstract of the voter's death certificate under
1191	1191	Section 16.001(a) or an abstract of an application indicating that
1192	1192	the voter is deceased under Section 16.001(b);
1193	1193	(3) an abstract of a final judgment of the voter's
1194	1194	total mental incapacity, partial mental incapacity without the
1195	1195	right to vote, conviction of a felony, or disqualification under
1196	1196	Section 16.002, 16.003, or 16.004;
1197	1197	(4) notice under Section 112.012 that the voter has
1198	1198	applied for a limited ballot in another county;
1199	1199	(5) notice from a voter registration official in
1200	1200	another state that the voter has registered to vote outside this
1201	1201	state;
1202	1202	(6) notice from the early voting clerk under Section
1203	1203	101.053 that a federal postcard application submitted by an
1204	1204	applicant states a voting residence address located outside the
1205	1205	registrar's county; or
1206	1206	(7) notice from the secretary of state that the voter
1207	1207	has registered to vote in another county, as determined by the
1208	1208	voter's driver's license number or personal identification card
1209	1209	number issued by the office [Department] of the secretary of state
1210	1210	[Public Safety] or social security number.
1211	1211	SECTION 60. Sections 20.001(a) and (b), Election Code, are
1212	1212	amended to read as follows:
1213	1213	(a) The following state agencies or offices are designated
1214	1214	as voter registration agencies:
1215	1215	(1) office of the secretary of state;
1216	1216	(2) Health and Human Services Commission;
1217	1217	(3) [(2)] Department of Aging and Disability
1218	1218	Services;
1219	1219	(4) [(3)] Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative
1220	1220	Services;
1221	1221	(5) [(4)] Department of State Health Services; and
1222	1222	(6) [(5)] any other agency or program as determined by
1223	1223	the secretary of state that primarily provides:
1224	1224	(A) public assistance; or
1225	1225	(B) services to persons with disabilities.
1226	1226	(b) Each vendor that provides services under an agreement
1227	1227	described by Section 521.009, Transportation Code, [The Department
1228	1228	of Public Safety] is designated as a voter registration agency.
1229	1229	SECTION 61. The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 20,
1230	1230	Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
1231	1231	SUBCHAPTER C. OFFICE OF SECRETARY [DEPARTMENT] OF STATE AND
1232	1232	VENDORS [PUBLIC SAFETY]
1233	1233	SECTION 62. Section 20.061, Election Code, is amended to
1234	1234	read as follows:
1235	1235	Sec. 20.061. APPLICABILITY [OF OTHER PROVISIONS]. (a) The
1236	1236	other provisions of this chapter apply to the office [Department]
1237	1237	of the secretary of state and vendors described by Section
1238	1238	20.001(b) [Public Safety] except provisions that conflict with this
1239	1239	subchapter.
1240	1240	(b) The provisions of this subchapter apply to vendors
1241	1241	described by Section 20.001(b) in the same manner as those
1242	1242	provisions apply to the office of the secretary of state.
1243	1243	SECTION 63. Section 20.062, Election Code, is amended to
1244	1244	read as follows:
1245	1245	Sec. 20.062. OFFICE AND VENDOR [DEPARTMENT] FORMS AND
1246	1246	PROCEDURE. (a) The office [Department] of the secretary of state
1247	1247	[Public Safety] shall prescribe and use a form and procedure that
1248	1248	combines the office's [department's] application form for a license
1249	1249	or card with an officially prescribed voter registration
1250	1250	application form.
1251	1251	(b) The office [department] shall prescribe and use a change
1252	1252	of address form and procedure that combines office [department] and
1253	1253	voter registration functions. The form must allow a licensee or
1254	1254	cardholder to indicate whether the change of address is also to be
1255	1255	used for voter registration purposes.
1256	1256	(c) The design, content, and physical characteristics of
1257	1257	the [department] forms of vendors described by Section 20.001(b)
1258	1258	must be approved by the secretary of state.
1259	1259	SECTION 64. Section 20.063, Election Code, is amended to
1260	1260	read as follows:
1261	1261	Sec. 20.063. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. (a) The office
1262	1262	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] shall
1263	1263	provide to each person who applies in person to the office [at the
1264	1264	department's offices] for an original or renewal of a driver's
1265	1265	license, a personal identification card, or a duplicate or
1266	1266	corrected license or card an opportunity to complete a voter
1267	1267	registration application form.
1268	1268	(b) When the office [department] processes a license or card
1269	1269	for renewal by mail, the office [department] shall deliver to the
1270	1270	applicant by mail a voter registration application form.
1271	1271	(c) A change of address that relates to a license or card and
1272	1272	that is submitted to the office [department] in person or by mail
1273	1273	serves as a change of address for voter registration unless the
1274	1274	licensee or cardholder indicates that the change is not for voter
1275	1275	registration purposes. The date of submission of a change of
1276	1276	address to an office [a department] employee is considered to be the
1277	1277	date of submission to the voter registrar for the purpose of
1278	1278	determining the effective date of registration only.
1279	1279	(d) If a completed voter registration application submitted
1280	1280	to an office [a department] employee does not include the
1281	1281	applicant's correct driver's license number or personal
1282	1282	identification card number, an office [a department] employee shall
1283	1283	enter the appropriate information on the application. If a
1284	1284	completed application does not include the applicant's correct
1285	1285	residence address or mailing address, an office [a department]
1286	1286	employee shall obtain the appropriate information from the
1287	1287	applicant and enter the information on the application.
1288	1288	SECTION 65. Section 20.064, Election Code, is amended to
1289	1289	read as follows:
1290	1290	Sec. 20.064. DECLINATION FORM NOT REQUIRED. The office
1291	1291	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] is not
1292	1292	required to comply with the procedures prescribed by this chapter
1293	1293	relating to the form for a declination of voter registration.
1294	1294	SECTION 66. Section 20.065, Election Code, is amended to
1295	1295	read as follows:
1296	1296	Sec. 20.065. DELIVERY OF APPLICATIONS AND CHANGES OF
1297	1297	ADDRESS. [(a)] At the end of each day the [a Department of Public
1298	1298	Safety] office of the secretary of state is regularly open for
1299	1299	business, the [manager of the] office shall deliver by mail or in
1300	1300	person to the voter registrar of the applicable county [in which the
1301	1301	office is located] each completed voter registration application
1302	1302	and applicable change of address submitted to an office [a
1303	1303	department] employee.
1304	1304	[(b) Each weekday the department is regularly open for
1305	1305	business, the department shall electronically transfer to the
1306	1306	secretary of state the name of each person who completes a voter
1307	1307	registration application submitted to the department. The
1308	1308	secretary shall prescribe procedures necessary to implement this
1309	1309	subsection.
1310	1310	[(c) On the weekday the secretary of state is regularly open
1311	1311	for business following the date the secretary receives information
1312	1312	under Subsection (b), the secretary shall inform the appropriate
1313	1313	voter registrar of the name of each person who completes a voter
1314	1314	registration application submitted to the department. The
1315	1315	registrar may verify that the registrar has received each
1316	1316	application as indicated by the information provided by the
1317	1317	secretary under this subsection.]
1318	1318	SECTION 67. Section 20.066(a), Election Code, is amended to
1319	1319	read as follows:
1320	1320	(a) If a person completes a voter registration application
1321	1321	as provided by Section 20.063, the office [Department] of the
1322	1322	secretary of state [Public Safety] shall:
1323	1323	(1) input the information provided on the application
1324	1324	into the office's [department's] electronic data system; and
1325	1325	(2) inform the applicant that the applicant's
1326	1326	electronic signature provided to the office [department] will be
1327	1327	used for submitting the applicant's voter registration
1328	1328	application.
1329	1329	SECTION 68. Section 63.0101(a), Election Code, is amended
1330	1330	to read as follows:
1331	1331	(a) The following documentation is an acceptable form of
1332	1332	photo identification under this chapter:
1333	1333	(1) a driver's license, election identification
1334	1334	certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person
1335	1335	by the office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public
1336	1336	Safety] that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four
1337	1337	years before the date of presentation;
1338	1338	(2) a United States military identification card that
1339	1339	contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that
1340	1340	expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation;
1341	1341	(3) a United States citizenship certificate issued to
1342	1342	the person that contains the person's photograph;
1343	1343	(4) a United States passport book or card issued to the
1344	1344	person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four
1345	1345	years before the date of presentation; or
1346	1346	(5) a license to carry a handgun issued to the person
1347	1347	by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that
1348	1348	expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation.
1349	1349	SECTION 69. Section 65.060, Election Code, is amended to
1350	1350	read as follows:
1351	1351	Sec. 65.060. DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY, DRIVER'S
1352	1352	LICENSE, OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON PROVISIONAL BALLOT
1353	1353	AFFIDAVIT. A social security number, Texas driver's license
1354	1354	number, or number of a personal identification card issued by the
1355	1355	office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety]
1356	1356	furnished on a provisional ballot affidavit is confidential and
1357	1357	does not constitute public information for purposes of Chapter 552,
1358	1358	Government Code. The general custodian of election records shall
1359	1359	ensure that a social security number, Texas driver's license
1360	1360	number, or number of a personal identification card issued by the
1361	1361	office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] is
1362	1362	excluded from disclosure.
1363	1363	SECTION 70. Section 2.005(b), Family Code, is amended to
1364	1364	read as follows:
1365	1365	(b) The proof must be established by:
1366	1366	(1) a driver's license or identification card issued
1367	1367	by this state, another state, or a Canadian province that is current
1368	1368	or has expired not more than two years preceding the date the
1369	1369	identification is submitted to the county clerk in connection with
1370	1370	an application for a license;
1371	1371	(2) a United States passport;
1372	1372	(3) a current passport issued by a foreign country or a
1373	1373	consular document issued by a state or national government;
1374	1374	(4) an unexpired Certificate of United States
1375	1375	Citizenship, Certificate of Naturalization, United States Citizen
1376	1376	Identification Card, Permanent Resident Card, Temporary Resident
1377	1377	Card, Employment Authorization Card, or other document issued by
1378	1378	the federal Department of Homeland Security or the United States
1379	1379	Department of State including an identification photograph;
1380	1380	(5) an unexpired military identification card for
1381	1381	active duty, reserve, or retired personnel with an identification
1382	1382	photograph;
1383	1383	(6) an original or certified copy of a birth
1384	1384	certificate issued by a bureau of vital statistics for a state or a
1385	1385	foreign government;
1386	1386	(7) an original or certified copy of a Consular Report
1387	1387	of Birth Abroad or Certificate of Birth Abroad issued by the United
1388	1388	States Department of State;
1389	1389	(8) an original or certified copy of a court order
1390	1390	relating to the applicant's name change or sex change;
1391	1391	(9) school records from a secondary school or
1392	1392	institution of higher education;
1393	1393	(10) an insurance policy continuously valid for the
1394	1394	two years preceding the date of the application for a license;
1395	1395	(11) a motor vehicle certificate of title;
1396	1396	(12) military records, including documentation of
1397	1397	release or discharge from active duty or a draft record;
1398	1398	(13) an unexpired military dependent identification
1399	1399	card;
1400	1400	(14) an original or certified copy of the applicant's
1401	1401	marriage license or divorce decree;
1402	1402	(15) a voter registration certificate;
1403	1403	(16) a pilot's license issued by the Federal Aviation
1404	1404	Administration or another authorized agency of the United States;
1405	1405	(17) a license to carry a handgun under Subchapter H,
1406	1406	Chapter 411, Government Code;
1407	1407	(18) a temporary driving permit or a temporary
1408	1408	identification card issued by the office [Department] of the
1409	1409	secretary of state [Public Safety]; or
1410	1410	(19) an offender identification card issued by the
1411	1411	Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
1412	1412	SECTION 71. Sections 54.042(a), (b), (f), and (g), Family
1413	1413	Code, are amended to read as follows:
1414	1414	(a) A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section
1415	1415	54.04, shall:
1416	1416	(1) order the office [Department] of the secretary of
1417	1417	state [Public Safety] to suspend a child's driver's license or
1418	1418	permit, or if the child does not have a license or permit, to deny
1419	1419	the issuance of a license or permit to the child if the court finds
1420	1420	that the child has engaged in conduct that:
1421	1421	(A) violates a law of this state enumerated in
1422	1422	Section 521.342(a), Transportation Code; or
1423	1423	(B) violates a penal law of this state or the
1424	1424	United States, an element or elements of which involve a severe form
1425	1425	of trafficking in persons, as defined by 22 U.S.C. Section 7102; or
1426	1426	(2) notify the office [Department] of the secretary of
1427	1427	state [Public Safety] of the adjudication, if the court finds that
1428	1428	the child has engaged in conduct that violates a law of this state
1429	1429	enumerated in Section 521.372(a), Transportation Code.
1430	1430	(b) A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section
1431	1431	54.04, may order the office [Department] of the secretary of state
1432	1432	[Public Safety] to suspend a child's driver's license or permit or,
1433	1433	if the child does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance
1434	1434	of a license or permit to the child, if the court finds that the
1435	1435	child has engaged in conduct that violates Section 28.08, Penal
1436	1436	Code.
1437	1437	(f) A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section
1438	1438	54.04, may order the office [Department] of the secretary of state
1439	1439	[Public Safety] to suspend a child's driver's license or permit or,
1440	1440	if the child does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance
1441	1441	of a license or permit to the child for a period not to exceed 12
1442	1442	months if the court finds that the child has engaged in conduct in
1443	1443	need of supervision or delinquent conduct other than the conduct
1444	1444	described by Subsection (a).
1445	1445	(g) A juvenile court that places a child on probation under
1446	1446	Section 54.04 may require as a reasonable condition of the
1447	1447	probation that if the child violates the probation, the court may
1448	1448	order the office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public
1449	1449	Safety] to suspend the child's driver's license or permit or, if the
1450	1450	child does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a
1451	1451	license or permit to the child for a period not to exceed 12 months.
1452	1452	The court may make this order if a child that is on probation under
1453	1453	this condition violates the probation. A suspension under this
1454	1454	subsection is cumulative of any other suspension under this
1455	1455	section.
1456	1456	SECTION 72. Section 54.0482(c), Family Code, is amended to
1457	1457	read as follows:
1458	1458	(c) On or before the fifth anniversary of the date the
1459	1459	juvenile probation department receives a payment for a victim that
1460	1460	is not claimed by the victim, the department shall make and document
1461	1461	a good faith effort to locate and notify the victim that an
1462	1462	unclaimed payment exists, including:
1463	1463	(1) confirming, if possible, the victim's most recent
1464	1464	address with the office [Department] of the secretary of state
1465	1465	[Public Safety]; and
1466	1466	(2) making at least one additional certified mailing
1467	1467	to the victim.
1468	1468	SECTION 73. Section 65.103(c), Family Code, is amended to
1469	1469	read as follows:
1470	1470	(c) In addition to any other order authorized by this
1471	1471	section, a truancy court may order the office [Department] of the
1472	1472	secretary of state [Public Safety] to suspend the driver's license
1473	1473	or permit of a child who has been found to have engaged in truant
1474	1474	conduct. If the child does not have a driver's license or permit,
1475	1475	the court may order the office [Department] of the secretary of
1476	1476	state [Public Safety] to deny the issuance of a license or permit to
1477	1477	the child. The period of the license or permit suspension or the
1478	1478	order that the issuance of a license or permit be denied may not
1479	1479	extend beyond the maximum time period that a remedial order is
1480	1480	effective as provided by Section 65.104.
1481	1481	SECTION 74. Section 65.251(a), Family Code, is amended to
1482	1482	read as follows:
1483	1483	(a) If a child fails to obey an order issued by a truancy
1484	1484	court under Section 65.103(a) or a child is in direct contempt of
1485	1485	court, the truancy court, after providing notice and an opportunity
1486	1486	for a hearing, may hold the child in contempt of court and order
1487	1487	either or both of the following:
1488	1488	(1) that the child pay a fine not to exceed $100; or
1489	1489	(2) that the office [Department] of the secretary of
1490	1490	state [Public Safety] suspend the child's driver's license or
1491	1491	permit or, if the child does not have a license or permit, order
1492	1492	that the office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public
1493	1493	Safety] deny the issuance of a license or permit to the child until
1494	1494	the child fully complies with the court's orders.
1495	1495	SECTION 75. Section 203.007(b), Family Code, is amended to
1496	1496	read as follows:
1497	1497	(b) A domestic relations office is entitled to obtain from
1498	1498	the office of the secretary of state and the Department of Public
1499	1499	Safety records that relate to:
1500	1500	(1) a person's date of birth;
1501	1501	(2) a person's most recent address;
1502	1502	(3) a person's current driver's license status;
1503	1503	(4) motor vehicle accidents involving a person;
1504	1504	(5) reported traffic-law violations of which a person
1505	1505	has been convicted; and
1506	1506	(6) a person's criminal history record information.
1507	1507	SECTION 76. Section 264.1213, Family Code, is amended to
1508	1508	read as follows:
1509	1509	Sec. 264.1213. RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS FOR CHILDREN AGING OUT
1510	1510	OF FOSTER CARE. The department in cooperation with volunteer
1511	1511	advocates from a charitable organization described by Subchapter C,
1512	1512	Chapter 107, and the office [Department] of the secretary of state
1513	1513	[Public Safety] shall develop procedures to ensure that a foster
1514	1514	child obtains a driver's license or personal identification card
1515	1515	before the child leaves the conservatorship of the department.
1516	1516	SECTION 77. Section 277.002(a), Finance Code, is amended to
1517	1517	read as follows:
1518	1518	(a) A financial institution shall require, as a condition of
1519	1519	opening or maintaining a business checking account, that the
1520	1520	applicant or account holder provide:
1521	1521	(1) if the business is a sole proprietorship:
1522	1522	(A) the name of the business owner;
1523	1523	(B) the physical address of the business;
1524	1524	(C) the home address of the business owner; and
1525	1525	(D) the driver's license number of the business
1526	1526	owner or the personal identification card number issued to the
1527	1527	business owner by the office [Department] of the secretary of state
1528	1528	[Public Safety]; or
1529	1529	(2) if the business is a corporation or other legal
1530	1530	entity, a copy of the business's certificate of incorporation or a
1531	1531	comparable document and an assumed name certificate, if any.
1532	1532	SECTION 78. Sections 62.001(a), (f), (g), (h), and (i),
1533	1533	Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
1534	1534	(a) The jury wheel must be reconstituted by using, as the
1535	1535	source:
1536	1536	(1) the names of all persons on the current voter
1537	1537	registration lists from all the precincts in the county; and
1538	1538	(2) all names on the [a] current list created [to be
1539	1539	furnished] by the office [Department] of the secretary of state
1540	1540	under Subsection (f) [Public Safety], showing the citizens of the
1541	1541	county who:
1542	1542	(A) hold a valid Texas driver's license or a
1543	1543	valid personal identification card or certificate issued by the
1544	1544	office [department]; and
1545	1545	(B) are not disqualified from jury service under
1546	1546	Section 62.102(1), (2), or (7).
1547	1547	(f) The office [Department] of the secretary of state
1548	1548	[Public Safety] shall create [furnish] a list from the office's
1549	1549	driver's license database [to the secretary of state] that shows
1550	1550	the names required under Subsection (a)(2) and that contains any of
1551	1551	the information enumerated in Subsection (c) that is available to
1552	1552	the office [department], including citizenship status and county of
1553	1553	residence. The list shall exclude the names of convicted felons,
1554	1554	persons who are not citizens of the United States, persons residing
1555	1555	outside the county, and the duplicate name of any registrant. The
1556	1556	office [department] shall create [furnish] the list [to the
1557	1557	secretary of state] on or before the first Monday in October of each
1558	1558	year.
1559	1559	(g) [The secretary of state shall accept the lists furnished
1560	1560	as provided by Subsections (c) through (f).] The secretary of state
1561	1561	shall combine the list furnished as provided by Subsections (c)
1562	1562	through (e) and the list created under Subsection (f) [lists],
1563	1563	eliminate duplicate names, and send the combined list to each
1564	1564	county on or before December 31 of each year or as may be required
1565	1565	under a plan developed in accordance with Section 62.011. The
1566	1566	district clerk or bailiff designated as the officer in charge of the
1567	1567	jury selection process for a county that has adopted a plan under
1568	1568	Section 62.011 shall give the secretary of state notice not later
1569	1569	than the 90th day before the date the list is required. The list
1570	1570	furnished the county must be in a format, electronic or printed
1571	1571	copy, as requested by the county and must be certified by the
1572	1572	secretary of state stating that the list contains the names
1573	1573	required by Subsections (c) through (f), eliminating duplications.
1574	1574	The secretary of state shall furnish the list free of charge.
1575	1575	(h) If the secretary of state is unable to furnish the list
1576	1576	as provided in this section because of the failure of the voter
1577	1577	registrar to furnish the county voter registration list to the
1578	1578	secretary of state, the county tax assessor-collector, sheriff,
1579	1579	county clerk, and district clerk in the county shall meet at the
1580	1580	county courthouse between January 1 and January 15 of the following
1581	1581	year and shall reconstitute the jury wheel for the county, except as
1582	1582	provided under a plan adopted under Section 62.011. The deadlines
1583	1583	included in the plan control for preparing the list and
1584	1584	reconstituting the wheel. The secretary of state shall send the
1585	1585	list created under [furnished by the Department of Public Safety as
1586	1586	provided by] Subsection (f) to the voter registrar, who shall
1587	1587	combine the lists as described in this section for use as the juror
1588	1588	source and certify the combined list as required of the secretary of
1589	1589	state under Subsection (g).
1590	1590	(i) The commissioners court may, instead of using the method
1591	1591	provided by Subsections (c) through (h), contract with another
1592	1592	governmental unit or a private person to combine the voter
1593	1593	registration list with the list created [furnished] by the office
1594	1594	of the secretary of state under Subsection (f) [Department of
1595	1595	Public Safety]. Subsections (c) through (h) do not apply to a
1596	1596	county in which the commissioners court has contracted with another
1597	1597	governmental unit or a private person under this subsection. The
1598	1598	office of the secretary [Department] of state [Public Safety] may
1599	1599	not charge a fee for furnishing a list under this subsection. Each
1600	1600	list must contain the name, date of birth, address, county of
1601	1601	residence, and citizenship status of each person listed. If
1602	1602	practical, each list must contain any other information useful in
1603	1603	determining if the person is qualified to serve as a juror.
1604	1604	SECTION 79. Section 72.016, Government Code, is amended to
1605	1605	read as follows:
1606	1606	Sec. 72.016. NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE FOR JUDICIAL PRIVACY.
1607	1607	The director shall develop a procedure to regularly notify county
1608	1608	registrars, the office [Department] of the secretary of state
1609	1609	[Public Safety], the Texas Ethics Commission, and any other state
1610	1610	agency the office determines should be notified of the judges,
1611	1611	judges' spouses, and related family members whose personal
1612	1612	information must be kept from public records, as provided under
1613	1613	Sections 552.117 and 572.035 of this code, Sections 13.0021 and
1614	1614	15.0215, Election Code, and Section 521.121, Transportation Code.
1615	1615	SECTION 80. Section 411.0111, Government Code, is
1616	1616	transferred to Subchapter B, Chapter 405, Government Code,
1617	1617	redesignated as Section 405.024, Government Code, and amended to
1618	1618	read as follows:
1619	1619	Sec. 405.024 [411.0111]. PROVISION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION
1620	1620	TO COMPTROLLER. (a) Not later than June 1 of every fifth year, the
1621	1621	office of the secretary of state [department] shall provide to the
1622	1622	comptroller, for the purpose of assisting the comptroller in the
1623	1623	identification of persons entitled to unclaimed property reported
1624	1624	to the comptroller, the name, address, social security number, date
1625	1625	of birth, and driver's license or state identification number of
1626	1626	each person about whom the office of the secretary of state
1627	1627	[department] has such information in its records.
1628	1628	(b) Information provided to the comptroller under this
1629	1629	section is confidential and may not be disclosed to the public.
1630	1630	(c) The office of the secretary of state [department] shall
1631	1631	provide the information in the format prescribed by rule of the
1632	1632	comptroller.
1633	1633	SECTION 81. Section 411.082(2), Government Code, is amended
1634	1634	to read as follows:
1635	1635	(2) "Criminal history record information" means
1636	1636	information collected about a person by a criminal justice agency
1637	1637	that consists of identifiable descriptions and notations of
1638	1638	arrests, detentions, indictments, informations, and other formal
1639	1639	criminal charges and their dispositions. The term does not
1640	1640	include:
1641	1641	(A) identification information, including
1642	1642	fingerprint records, to the extent that the identification
1643	1643	information does not indicate involvement of the person in the
1644	1644	criminal justice system; or
1645	1645	(B) driving record information maintained by the
1646	1646	office of the secretary of state [department] under Subchapter C,
1647	1647	Chapter 521, Transportation Code.
1648	1648	SECTION 82. Section 411.174(b), Government Code, is amended
1649	1649	to read as follows:
1650	1650	(b) An applicant must provide on the application a statement
1651	1651	of the applicant's:
1652	1652	(1) full name and place and date of birth;
1653	1653	(2) race and sex;
1654	1654	(3) residence and business addresses for the preceding
1655	1655	five years;
1656	1656	(4) hair and eye color;
1657	1657	(5) height and weight;
1658	1658	(6) driver's license number or identification
1659	1659	certificate number issued by the office of the secretary of state
1660	1660	[department];
1661	1661	(7) criminal history record information of the type
1662	1662	maintained by the department under this chapter, including a list
1663	1663	of offenses for which the applicant was arrested, charged, or under
1664	1664	an information or indictment and the disposition of the offenses;
1665	1665	and
1666	1666	(8) history, if any, of treatment received by,
1667	1667	commitment to, or residence in:
1668	1668	(A) a drug or alcohol treatment center licensed
1669	1669	to provide drug or alcohol treatment under the laws of this state or
1670	1670	another state, but only if the treatment, commitment, or residence
1671	1671	occurred during the preceding five years; or
1672	1672	(B) a psychiatric hospital.
1673	1673	SECTION 83. Section 411.179(a), Government Code, is amended
1674	1674	to read as follows:
1675	1675	(a) The department by rule shall adopt the form of the
1676	1676	license. A license must include:
1677	1677	(1) a number assigned to the license holder by the
1678	1678	department;
1679	1679	(2) a statement of the period for which the license is
1680	1680	effective;
1681	1681	(3) a photograph of the license holder;
1682	1682	(4) the license holder's full name, date of birth, hair
1683	1683	and eye color, height, weight, and signature;
1684	1684	(5) the license holder's residence address or, as
1685	1685	provided by Subsection (d), the street address of the courthouse in
1686	1686	which the license holder or license holder's spouse serves as a
1687	1687	federal judge or the license holder serves as a state judge;
1688	1688	(6) the number of a driver's license or an
1689	1689	identification certificate issued to the license holder by the
1690	1690	office of the secretary of state [department]; and
1691	1691	(7) the designation "VETERAN" if required under
1692	1692	Subsection (e).
1693	1693	SECTION 84. Section 411.205, Government Code, is amended to
1694	1694	read as follows:
1695	1695	Sec. 411.205. REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY LICENSE. If a license
1696	1696	holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license holder's person
1697	1697	when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that the license holder
1698	1698	display identification, the license holder shall display both the
1699	1699	license holder's driver's license or identification certificate
1700	1700	issued by the office of the secretary of state [department] and the
1701	1701	license holder's handgun license.
1702	1702	SECTION 85. Sections 501.0165(a), (c), and (d), Government
1703	1703	Code, are amended to read as follows:
1704	1704	(a) Before discharging an inmate or releasing an inmate on
1705	1705	parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon, the
1706	1706	department shall:
1707	1707	(1) determine whether the inmate has:
1708	1708	(A) a valid license issued under Chapter 521 or
1709	1709	522, Transportation Code; or
1710	1710	(B) a valid personal identification certificate
1711	1711	issued under Chapter 521, Transportation Code; and
1712	1712	(2) if the inmate does not have a valid license or
1713	1713	certificate described by Subdivision (1), submit to the office
1714	1714	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] on behalf of
1715	1715	the inmate a request for the issuance of a personal identification
1716	1716	certificate under Chapter 521, Transportation Code.
1717	1717	(c) The department, the office [Department] of the
1718	1718	secretary of state [Public Safety], and the bureau of vital
1719	1719	statistics of the Department of State Health Services shall by rule
1720	1720	adopt a memorandum of understanding that establishes their
1721	1721	respective responsibilities with respect to the issuance of a
1722	1722	personal identification certificate to an inmate, including
1723	1723	responsibilities related to verification of the inmate's identity.
1724	1724	The memorandum of understanding must require the Department of
1725	1725	State Health Services to electronically verify the birth record of
1726	1726	an inmate whose name and any other personal information is provided
1727	1727	by the department and to electronically report the recorded filing
1728	1728	information to the office [Department] of the secretary of state
1729	1729	[Public Safety] to validate the identity of an inmate under this
1730	1730	section.
1731	1731	(d) The department shall reimburse the office [Department]
1732	1732	of the secretary of state [Public Safety] or the Department of State
1733	1733	Health Services for the actual costs incurred by those agencies in
1734	1734	performing responsibilities established under this section. The
1735	1735	department may charge an inmate for the actual costs incurred under
1736	1736	this section or the fees required by Section 521.421,
1737	1737	Transportation Code.
1738	1738	SECTION 86. Section 509.004(a), Government Code, is amended
1739	1739	to read as follows:
1740	1740	(a) The division shall require each department to:
1741	1741	(1) keep financial and statistical records determined
1742	1742	necessary by the division;
1743	1743	(2) submit a strategic plan and all supporting
1744	1744	information requested by the division;
1745	1745	(3) present data requested by the division as
1746	1746	necessary to determine the amount of state aid for which the
1747	1747	department is eligible;
1748	1748	(4) submit periodic financial audits and statistical
1749	1749	reports to the division; and
1750	1750	(5) submit to the office [Department] of the secretary
1751	1751	of state [Public Safety] the full name, address, date of birth,
1752	1752	social security number, and driver's license number of each person
1753	1753	restricted to the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with a
1754	1754	device that uses a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism to make
1755	1755	impractical the operation of the motor vehicle if ethyl alcohol is
1756	1756	detected in the breath of the restricted operator.
1757	1757	SECTION 87. Sections 531.02414(e) and (g), Government Code,
1758	1758	are amended to read as follows:
1759	1759	(e) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to ensure
1760	1760	the safe and efficient provision of nonemergency transportation
1761	1761	services under this section. The rules must include:
1762	1762	(1) minimum standards regarding the physical
1763	1763	condition and maintenance of motor vehicles used to provide the
1764	1764	services, including standards regarding the accessibility of motor
1765	1765	vehicles by persons with disabilities;
1766	1766	(2) a requirement that a regional contracted broker
1767	1767	verify that each motor vehicle operator providing the services or
1768	1768	seeking to provide the services has a valid driver's license;
1769	1769	(3) a requirement that a regional contracted broker
1770	1770	check the driving record information maintained by the office
1771	1771	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] under
1772	1772	Subchapter C, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, of each motor
1773	1773	vehicle operator providing the services or seeking to provide the
1774	1774	services;
1775	1775	(4) a requirement that a regional contracted broker
1776	1776	check the public criminal record information maintained by the
1777	1777	Department of Public Safety and made available to the public
1778	1778	through the department's Internet website of each motor vehicle
1779	1779	operator providing the services or seeking to provide the services;
1780	1780	and
1781	1781	(5) training requirements for motor vehicle operators
1782	1782	providing the services through a regional contracted broker,
1783	1783	including training on the following topics:
1784	1784	(A) passenger safety;
1785	1785	(B) passenger assistance;
1786	1786	(C) assistive devices, including wheelchair
1787	1787	lifts, tie-down equipment, and child safety seats;
1788	1788	(D) sensitivity and diversity;
1789	1789	(E) customer service;
1790	1790	(F) defensive driving techniques; and
1791	1791	(G) prohibited behavior by motor vehicle
1792	1792	operators.
1793	1793	(g) The commission shall enter into a memorandum of
1794	1794	understanding with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the
1795	1795	office of the secretary of state [Department of Public Safety] for
1796	1796	purposes of obtaining the motor vehicle registration and driver's
1797	1797	license information of a provider of medical transportation
1798	1798	services, including a regional contracted broker and a
1799	1799	subcontractor of the broker, to confirm that the provider complies
1800	1800	with applicable requirements adopted under Subsection (e).
1801	1801	SECTION 88. Section 531.1533, Government Code, is amended
1802	1802	to read as follows:
1803	1803	Sec. 531.1533. REQUIREMENTS ON ADMISSIONS OF CHILDREN TO
1804	1804	CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS. On the admission of a child to an institution
1805	1805	described by Section 531.151(3)(A), (B), or (D), the Department of
1806	1806	Aging and Disability Services shall require the child's parent or
1807	1807	guardian to submit:
1808	1808	(1) an admission form that includes:
1809	1809	(A) the parent's or guardian's:
1810	1810	(i) name, address, and telephone number;
1811	1811	(ii) driver's license number and state of
1812	1812	issuance or personal identification card number issued by the
1813	1813	office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety]; and
1814	1814	(iii) place of employment and the
1815	1815	employer's address and telephone number; and
1816	1816	(B) the name, address, and telephone number of a
1817	1817	relative of the child or other person whom the department or
1818	1818	institution may contact in an emergency, a statement indicating the
1819	1819	relation between that person and the child, and at the parent's or
1820	1820	guardian's option, that person's:
1821	1821	(i) driver's license number and state of
1822	1822	issuance or personal identification card number issued by the
1823	1823	office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety]; and
1824	1824	(ii) the name, address, and telephone
1825	1825	number of that person's employer; and
1826	1826	(2) a signed acknowledgment of responsibility stating
1827	1827	that the parent or guardian agrees to:
1828	1828	(A) notify the institution in which the child is
1829	1829	placed of any changes to the information submitted under
1830	1830	Subdivision (1)(A); and
1831	1831	(B) make reasonable efforts to participate in the
1832	1832	child's life and in planning activities for the child.
1833	1833	SECTION 89. Section 533.00258(f), Government Code, is
1834	1834	amended to read as follows:
1835	1835	(f) The rules may not permit a motor vehicle operator to
1836	1836	provide nonmedical transportation services if the operator:
1837	1837	(1) has been convicted in the three-year period
1838	1838	preceding the issue date of the driving record obtained under
1839	1839	Subsection (e)(4) of:
1840	1840	(A) more than three offenses classified by the
1841	1841	office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] as
1842	1842	moving violations; or
1843	1843	(B) one or more of the following offenses:
1844	1844	(i) fleeing or attempting to elude a police
1845	1845	officer under Section 545.421, Transportation Code;
1846	1846	(ii) reckless driving under Section
1847	1847	545.401, Transportation Code;
1848	1848	(iii) driving without a valid driver's
1849	1849	license under Section 521.025, Transportation Code; or
1850	1850	(iv) driving with an invalid driver's
1851	1851	license under Section 521.457, Transportation Code;
1852	1852	(2) has been convicted in the preceding seven-year
1853	1853	period of any of the following:
1854	1854	(A) driving while intoxicated under Section
1855	1855	49.04 or 49.045, Penal Code;
1856	1856	(B) use of a motor vehicle to commit a felony;
1857	1857	(C) a felony crime involving property damage;
1858	1858	(D) fraud;
1859	1859	(E) theft;
1860	1860	(F) an act of violence; or
1861	1861	(G) an act of terrorism; or
1862	1862	(3) is found to be registered in the national sex
1863	1863	offender public website maintained by the United States Department
1864	1864	of Justice or a successor agency.
1865	1865	SECTION 90. Section 555.003, Government Code, is amended to
1866	1866	read as follows:
1867	1867	Sec. 555.003. EXCEPTION. This chapter does not apply to
1868	1868	files that relate to drivers of motor vehicles and that are
1869	1869	maintained by the office [Department] of the secretary of state
1870	1870	[Public Safety] under Subchapter C, Chapter 521, Transportation
1871	1871	Code.
1872	1872	SECTION 91. Section 12.013(b), Health and Safety Code, is
1873	1873	amended to read as follows:
1874	1874	(b) Based on the studies and investigations, the department
1875	1875	periodically shall recommend to the Department of Public Safety and
1876	1876	the office of the secretary of state appropriate policies,
1877	1877	standards, and procedures relating to those medical aspects.
1878	1878	SECTION 92. Section 12.092(b), Health and Safety Code, is
1879	1879	amended to read as follows:
1880	1880	(b) The medical advisory board shall assist:
1881	1881	(1) the office [Department] of the secretary of state
1882	1882	[Public Safety of the State of Texas] in determining whether[:
1883	1883	[(1)] an applicant for a driver's license or a license
1884	1884	holder is capable of safely operating a motor vehicle; and [or]
1885	1885	(2) the Department of Public Safety in determining
1886	1886	whether an applicant for or holder of a license to carry a handgun
1887	1887	under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code,
1888	1888	or an applicant for or holder of a commission as a security officer
1889	1889	under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is capable of exercising
1890	1890	sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a
1891	1891	handgun.
1892	1892	SECTION 93. Sections 12.095(a) and (c), Health and Safety
1893	1893	Code, are amended to read as follows:
1894	1894	(a) If the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas
1895	1895	or the office of the secretary of state requests an opinion or
1896	1896	recommendation from the medical advisory board as to the ability of
1897	1897	an applicant or license holder to operate a motor vehicle safely or
1898	1898	to exercise sound judgment with respect to the proper use and
1899	1899	storage of a handgun, the commissioner or a person designated by the
1900	1900	commissioner shall convene a panel to consider the case or question
1901	1901	submitted by that department or office.
1902	1902	(c) Each panel member shall prepare an individual
1903	1903	independent written report for the Department of Public Safety of
1904	1904	the State of Texas or the office of the secretary of state, as
1905	1905	appropriate, that states the member's opinion as to the ability of
1906	1906	the applicant or license holder to operate a motor vehicle safely or
1907	1907	to exercise sound judgment with respect to the proper use and
1908	1908	storage of a handgun, as appropriate. In the report the panel
1909	1909	member may also make recommendations relating to that department's
1910	1910	or office's subsequent action.
1911	1911	SECTION 94. Section 12.096(a), Health and Safety Code, is
1912	1912	amended to read as follows:
1913	1913	(a) A physician licensed to practice medicine in this state
1914	1914	may inform the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas,
1915	1915	the office of the secretary of state, or the medical advisory board,
1916	1916	orally or in writing, of the name, date of birth, and address of a
1917	1917	patient older than 15 years of age whom the physician has diagnosed
1918	1918	as having a disorder or disability specified in a rule of the
1919	1919	Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas or the office of
1920	1920	the secretary of state.
1921	1921	SECTION 95. Section 12.097, Health and Safety Code, is
1922	1922	amended to read as follows:
1923	1923	Sec. 12.097. CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS. (a) All
1924	1924	records, reports, and testimony relating to the medical condition
1925	1925	of an applicant or license holder:
1926	1926	(1) are for the confidential use of the medical
1927	1927	advisory board, a panel, the office of the secretary of state, or
1928	1928	the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas;
1929	1929	(2) are privileged information; and
1930	1930	(3) may not be disclosed to any person or used as
1931	1931	evidence in a trial except as provided by Subsection (b).
1932	1932	(b) In a subsequent proceeding under Subchapter H, Chapter
1933	1933	411, Government Code, or Subchapter N, Chapter 521, Transportation
1934	1934	Code, the department may provide a copy of the report of the medical
1935	1935	advisory board or panel and a medical record or report relating to
1936	1936	an applicant or license holder to:
1937	1937	(1) the Department of Public Safety of the State of
1938	1938	Texas or the office of the secretary of state, as appropriate;
1939	1939	(2) the applicant or license holder; and
1940	1940	(3) the officer who presides at the hearing.
1941	1941	SECTION 96. Section 81.011, Health and Safety Code, is
1942	1942	amended to read as follows:
1943	1943	Sec. 81.011. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. In times of
1944	1944	emergency or epidemic declared by the commissioner, the department
1945	1945	is authorized to request information pertaining to names, dates of
1946	1946	birth, and most recent addresses of individuals from the driver's
1947	1947	license records of the office [Department] of the secretary of
1948	1948	state [Public Safety] for the purpose of notification to
1949	1949	individuals of the need to receive certain immunizations or
1950	1950	diagnostic, evaluation, or treatment services for suspected
1951	1951	communicable diseases.
1952	1952	SECTION 97. Section 191.010, Health and Safety Code, is
1953	1953	amended to read as follows:
1954	1954	Sec. 191.010. DEATH INFORMATION FOR OFFICE OF SECRETARY
1955	1955	[DEPARTMENT] OF STATE [PUBLIC SAFETY]. (a) The department shall
1956	1956	implement an efficient and effective method to verify death
1957	1957	information to assist the office [Department] of the secretary of
1958	1958	state [Public Safety] with maintaining records of holders of
1959	1959	driver's licenses and personal identification certificates in this
1960	1960	state.
1961	1961	(b) The department shall enter into a memorandum of
1962	1962	understanding with the office [Department] of the secretary of
1963	1963	state [Public Safety] to implement this section. The memorandum of
1964	1964	understanding must include a mechanism for the department to
1965	1965	provide to the office [Department] of the secretary of state
1966	1966	[Public Safety] death information that includes unique
1967	1967	identifiers, including social security numbers, necessary to
1968	1968	accurately match death records with driver's license and personal
1969	1969	identification certificate records.
1970	1970	SECTION 98. Section 481.077(d), Health and Safety Code, is
1971	1971	amended to read as follows:
1972	1972	(d) Before selling, transferring, or otherwise furnishing
1973	1973	to a person in this state a chemical precursor subject to Subsection
1974	1974	(a), a manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person shall:
1975	1975	(1) if the recipient does not represent a business,
1976	1976	obtain from the recipient:
1977	1977	(A) the recipient's driver's license number or
1978	1978	other personal identification certificate number, date of birth,
1979	1979	and residential or mailing address, other than a post office box
1980	1980	number, from a driver's license or personal identification
1981	1981	certificate issued by the office of the secretary of state
1982	1982	[department] that contains a photograph of the recipient;
1983	1983	(B) the year, state, and number of the motor
1984	1984	vehicle license of the motor vehicle owned or operated by the
1985	1985	recipient;
1986	1986	(C) a complete description of how the chemical
1987	1987	precursor is to be used; and
1988	1988	(D) the recipient's signature; or
1989	1989	(2) if the recipient represents a business, obtain
1990	1990	from the recipient:
1991	1991	(A) a letter of authorization from the business
1992	1992	that includes the business license or comptroller tax
1993	1993	identification number, address, area code, and telephone number and
1994	1994	a complete description of how the chemical precursor is to be used;
1995	1995	and
1996	1996	(B) the recipient's signature; and
1997	1997	(3) for any recipient, sign as a witness to the
1998	1998	signature and identification of the recipient.
1999	1999	SECTION 99. Section 481.080(e), Health and Safety Code, is
2000	2000	amended to read as follows:
2001	2001	(e) Before selling, transferring, or otherwise furnishing
2002	2002	to a person in this state a chemical laboratory apparatus subject to
2003	2003	Subsection (a), a manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other
2004	2004	person shall:
2005	2005	(1) if the recipient does not represent a business,
2006	2006	obtain from the recipient:
2007	2007	(A) the recipient's driver's license number or
2008	2008	other personal identification certificate number, date of birth,
2009	2009	and residential or mailing address, other than a post office box
2010	2010	number, from a driver's license or personal identification
2011	2011	certificate issued by the office of the secretary of state
2012	2012	[department] that contains a photograph of the recipient;
2013	2013	(B) the year, state, and number of the motor
2014	2014	vehicle license of the motor vehicle owned or operated by the
2015	2015	recipient;
2016	2016	(C) a complete description of how the apparatus
2017	2017	is to be used; and
2018	2018	(D) the recipient's signature; or
2019	2019	(2) if the recipient represents a business, obtain
2020	2020	from the recipient:
2021	2021	(A) a letter of authorization from the business
2022	2022	that includes the business license or comptroller tax
2023	2023	identification number, address, area code, and telephone number and
2024	2024	a complete description of how the apparatus is to be used; and
2025	2025	(B) the recipient's signature; and
2026	2026	(3) for any recipient, sign as a witness to the
2027	2027	signature and identification of the recipient.
2028	2028	SECTION 100. Section 485.032(c), Health and Safety Code, is
2029	2029	amended to read as follows:
2030	2030	(c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this
2031	2031	section that:
2032	2032	(1) the person making the delivery is an adult having
2033	2033	supervisory responsibility over the person younger than 18 years of
2034	2034	age and:
2035	2035	(A) the adult permits the use of the abusable
2036	2036	volatile chemical only under the adult's direct supervision and in
2037	2037	the adult's presence and only for its intended purpose; and
2038	2038	(B) the adult removes the chemical from the
2039	2039	person younger than 18 years of age on completion of that use; or
2040	2040	(2) the person to whom the abusable volatile chemical
2041	2041	was delivered presented to the defendant an apparently valid Texas
2042	2042	driver's license or an identification certificate, issued by the
2043	2043	office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety of the
2044	2044	State of Texas] and containing a physical description consistent
2045	2045	with the person's appearance, that purported to establish that the
2046	2046	person was 18 years of age or older.
2047	2047	SECTION 101. Sections 692A.002(11) and (15), Health and
2048	2048	Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
2049	2049	(11) "Driver's license" means a license or permit
2050	2050	issued by the office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public
2051	2051	Safety] to operate a vehicle, whether or not conditions are
2052	2052	attached to the license or permit.
2053	2053	(15) "Identification card" means an identification
2054	2054	card issued by the office [Department] of the secretary of state
2055	2055	[Public Safety].
2056	2056	SECTION 102. Sections 692A.014(a) and (b), Health and
2057	2057	Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
2058	2058	(a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to
2059	2059	a procurement organization, the organization shall make a
2060	2060	reasonable search of the records of the office [Department] of the
2061	2061	secretary of state [Public Safety] and any donor registry that it
2062	2062	knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual
2063	2063	resides to ascertain whether the individual has made an anatomical
2064	2064	gift.
2065	2065	(b) A procurement organization must be allowed reasonable
2066	2066	access to information in the records of the office [Department] of
2067	2067	the secretary of state [Public Safety] to ascertain whether an
2068	2068	individual at or near death is a donor.
2069	2069	SECTION 103. Sections 692A.020(a), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h),
2070	2070	(i), and (m), Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as
2071	2071	follows:
2072	2072	(a) A nonprofit organization designated by the office
2073	2073	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] shall
2074	2074	maintain and administer a statewide donor registry, to be known as
2075	2075	the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry.
2076	2076	(d) The office [Department] of the secretary of state
2077	2077	[Public Safety] at least monthly shall electronically transfer to
2078	2078	the nonprofit organization administering the registry the name,
2079	2079	date of birth, driver's license number, most recent address, and
2080	2080	any other relevant information in the possession of the office
2081	2081	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] for any
2082	2082	person who indicates on the person's driver's license application
2083	2083	under Section 521.401, Transportation Code, that the person would
2084	2084	like to make an anatomical gift.
2085	2085	(e) The nonprofit organization administering the registry
2086	2086	shall:
2087	2087	(1) make information obtained from the office
2088	2088	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] under
2089	2089	Subsection (d) available to procurement organizations;
2090	2090	(2) allow potential donors to submit information in
2091	2091	writing directly to the organization for inclusion in the
2092	2092	Internet-based registry;
2093	2093	(3) maintain the Internet-based registry in a manner
2094	2094	that allows procurement organizations to immediately access organ,
2095	2095	tissue, and eye donation information 24 hours a day, seven days a
2096	2096	week through electronic and telephonic methods; and
2097	2097	(4) protect the confidentiality and privacy of the
2098	2098	individuals providing information to the Internet-based registry,
2099	2099	regardless of the manner in which the information is provided.
2100	2100	(f) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (e)(3) or
2101	2101	this subsection, the office [Department] of the secretary of state
2102	2102	[Public Safety], the nonprofit organization administering the
2103	2103	registry, or a procurement organization may not sell, rent, or
2104	2104	otherwise share any information provided to the Internet-based
2105	2105	registry. A procurement organization may share any information
2106	2106	provided to the registry with an organ procurement organization or
2107	2107	a health care provider or facility providing medical care to a
2108	2108	potential donor as necessary to properly identify an individual at
2109	2109	the time of donation.
2110	2110	(g) The office [Department] of the secretary of state
2111	2111	[Public Safety], the nonprofit organization administering the
2112	2112	registry, or the procurement organizations may not use any
2113	2113	demographic or specific data provided to the Internet-based
2114	2114	registry for any fund-raising activities. Data may only be
2115	2115	transmitted from the selected organization to procurement
2116	2116	organizations through electronic and telephonic methods using
2117	2117	secure, encrypted technology to preserve the integrity of the data
2118	2118	and the privacy of the individuals providing information.
2119	2119	(h) In each office authorized to issue driver's licenses or
2120	2120	personal identification certificates, the office [Department] of
2121	2121	the secretary of state [Public Safety] shall make available
2122	2122	educational materials developed by the nonprofit organization
2123	2123	administering the registry.
2124	2124	(i) The Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry fund is
2125	2125	created as a trust fund outside the state treasury to be held by the
2126	2126	comptroller and administered by the office [Department] of the
2127	2127	secretary of state [Public Safety] as trustee on behalf of the
2128	2128	statewide donor registry maintained for the benefit of the citizens
2129	2129	of this state. The fund is composed of money deposited to the
2130	2130	credit of the fund under Sections 502.405(b), 521.008, and
2131	2131	521.422(c), Transportation Code, as provided by those subsections.
2132	2132	Money in the fund shall be disbursed at least monthly, without
2133	2133	appropriation, to the nonprofit organization administering the
2134	2134	registry to pay the costs of:
2135	2135	(1) maintaining, operating, and updating the
2136	2136	Internet-based registry and establishing procedures for an
2137	2137	individual to be added to the registry;
2138	2138	(2) designing and distributing educational materials
2139	2139	for prospective donors as required under this section; and
2140	2140	(3) providing education under this chapter.
2141	2141	(m) The nonprofit organization administering the registry
2142	2142	may:
2143	2143	(1) implement a training program for all appropriate
2144	2144	office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] and
2145	2145	Texas Department of Transportation employees on the benefits of
2146	2146	organ, tissue, and eye donation and the procedures for individuals
2147	2147	to be added to the Internet-based registry; and
2148	2148	(2) conduct the training described by Subdivision (1)
2149	2149	on an ongoing basis for new employees.
2150	2150	SECTION 104. Section 841.0822, Health and Safety Code, is
2151	2151	amended to read as follows:
2152	2152	Sec. 841.0822. REQUIRED PROCEDURES BEFORE RELEASE FROM
2153	2153	SECURE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. Before a committed person is
2154	2154	released from a secure correctional facility, the Texas Department
2155	2155	of Criminal Justice shall ensure that:
2156	2156	(1) the office [Department] of the secretary of state
2157	2157	[Public Safety] issues a personal identification card to the
2158	2158	person; and
2159	2159	(2) the person completes an application for the
2160	2160	following federal benefits, as appropriate, for which the person
2161	2161	may be eligible:
2162	2162	(A) social security benefits, including
2163	2163	disability benefits, administered by the United States Social
2164	2164	Security Administration; and
2165	2165	(B) veterans benefits administered by the United
2166	2166	States Department of Veterans Affairs.
2167	2167	SECTION 105. Sections 841.153(a), (c), and (d), Health and
2168	2168	Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
2169	2169	(a) On the release of a committed person from a correctional
2170	2170	facility, secure correctional facility, or secure detention
2171	2171	facility, as those terms are defined by Section 841.151, the office
2172	2172	shall:
2173	2173	(1) determine whether the person has:
2174	2174	(A) a valid license issued under Chapter 521 or
2175	2175	522, Transportation Code; or
2176	2176	(B) a valid personal identification certificate
2177	2177	issued under Chapter 521, Transportation Code; and
2178	2178	(2) if the person does not have a valid license or
2179	2179	certificate described by Subdivision (1), submit to the office
2180	2180	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] on behalf of
2181	2181	the person a request for the issuance of a personal identification
2182	2182	certificate under Chapter 521, Transportation Code.
2183	2183	(c) The office, the office [Department] of the secretary of
2184	2184	state [Public Safety], and the vital statistics unit of the
2185	2185	Department of State Health Services by rule shall adopt a
2186	2186	memorandum of understanding that establishes their respective
2187	2187	responsibilities with respect to the issuance of a personal
2188	2188	identification certificate to a committed person, including
2189	2189	responsibilities related to verification of the person's identity.
2190	2190	The memorandum of understanding must require the Department of
2191	2191	State Health Services to electronically verify the birth record of
2192	2192	a committed person whose name and any other personal information is
2193	2193	provided by the office and to electronically report the recorded
2194	2194	filing information to the office [Department] of the secretary of
2195	2195	state [Public Safety] to validate the identity of a committed
2196	2196	person under this section.
2197	2197	(d) The office shall reimburse the office [Department] of
2198	2198	the secretary of state [Public Safety] or the Department of State
2199	2199	Health Services, as applicable, for the actual costs incurred by
2200	2200	those agencies in performing responsibilities established under
2201	2201	this section. The office may charge a committed person for the
2202	2202	actual costs incurred under this section or for the fees required by
2203	2203	Section 521.421, Transportation Code.
2204	2204	SECTION 106. Section 23.002, Human Resources Code, is
2205	2205	amended to read as follows:
2206	2206	Sec. 23.002. LICENSING AUTHORITIES SUBJECT TO CHAPTER. In
2207	2207	this chapter, "licensing authority" means:
2208	2208	(1) the Parks and Wildlife Department; and
2209	2209	(2) the office [Department] of the secretary of state
2210	2210	[Public Safety of the State of Texas].
2211	2211	SECTION 107. Section 133.124, Local Government Code, is
2212	2212	amended to read as follows:
2213	2213	Sec. 133.124. ALLOCATION OF FEES TO TRANSPORTATION
2214	2214	ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ACCOUNT. The transportation administrative fee
2215	2215	account is an account in the general revenue fund. The account
2216	2216	consists of money allocated to the account under Section
2217	2217	133.102(e). Money in the account may be appropriated only to the
2218	2218	office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] to
2219	2219	defray the administrative costs associated with implementing
2220	2220	Chapter 706, Transportation Code.
2221	2221	SECTION 108. Section 1805.051(d), Occupations Code, is
2222	2222	amended to read as follows:
2223	2223	(d) The list required by Subsection (c) must contain:
2224	2224	(1) the proposed seller's driver's license number or
2225	2225	office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety]
2226	2226	identification card number, as recorded by the dealer on physical
2227	2227	presentation of the license or identification card by the seller;
2228	2228	(2) a complete and accurate description of each
2229	2229	business machine, including its serial number or other identifying
2230	2230	marks or symbols;
2231	2231	(3) the proposed seller's certification that the
2232	2232	information is true and complete; and
2233	2233	(4) if the business machine is delivered to the
2234	2234	secondhand dealer for sale or exchange at an auction, the make,
2235	2235	year, model, color, and registration number of the vehicle in which
2236	2236	the business machine is transported to the auction.
2237	2237	SECTION 109. Section 1805.052(b), Occupations Code, is
2238	2238	amended to read as follows:
2239	2239	(b) Except as provided by Section 1805.053, a report
2240	2240	required by this chapter must contain:
2241	2241	(1) the name and address of the seller of the business
2242	2242	machine;
2243	2243	(2) a complete and accurate description of the
2244	2244	business machine for which the report is made, including the serial
2245	2245	number or other identifying marks or symbols;
2246	2246	(3) the seller's certification that the information is
2247	2247	true and complete; and
2248	2248	(4) the seller's driver's license number or office
2249	2249	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety]
2250	2250	identification card number, as recorded by the dealer on physical
2251	2251	presentation of the license or identification card by the seller.
2252	2252	SECTION 110. Section 1956.001(8), Occupations Code, is
2253	2253	amended to read as follows:
2254	2254	(8) "Personal identification document" means:
2255	2255	(A) a valid driver's license issued by a state in
2256	2256	the United States;
2257	2257	(B) a United States military identification
2258	2258	card; or
2259	2259	(C) a personal identification certificate issued
2260	2260	by the office of the secretary of state [department] under Section
2261	2261	521.101, Transportation Code, or a corresponding card or
2262	2262	certificate issued by another state.
2263	2263	SECTION 111. Section 1956.062(c), Occupations Code, is
2264	2264	amended to read as follows:
2265	2265	(c) The dealer shall record the proposed seller's driver's
2266	2266	license number or [department] personal identification certificate
2267	2267	number on physical presentation of the license or personal
2268	2268	identification certificate by the seller. The record must
2269	2269	accompany the list.
2270	2270	SECTION 112. Section 2033.017(f), Occupations Code, is
2271	2271	amended to read as follows:
2272	2272	(f) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution of an
2273	2273	offense under Subsection (a) that the minor falsely represented the
2274	2274	minor's age by displaying to the person an apparently valid Texas
2275	2275	driver's license or identification card issued by the office
2276	2276	[Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] that
2277	2277	contains a physical description consistent with the minor's
2278	2278	appearance.
2279	2279	SECTION 113. Section 2402.107(b), Occupations Code, is
2280	2280	amended to read as follows:
2281	2281	(b) A transportation network company may not permit an
2282	2282	individual to log in as a driver on the company's digital network if
2283	2283	the individual:
2284	2284	(1) has been convicted in the three-year period
2285	2285	preceding the issue date of the driving record obtained under
2286	2286	Subsection (a)(3) of:
2287	2287	(A) more than three offenses classified by the
2288	2288	office [Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] as
2289	2289	moving violations; or
2290	2290	(B) one or more of the following offenses:
2291	2291	(i) fleeing or attempting to elude a police
2292	2292	officer under Section 545.421, Transportation Code;
2293	2293	(ii) reckless driving under Section
2294	2294	545.401, Transportation Code;
2295	2295	(iii) driving without a valid driver's
2296	2296	license under Section 521.025, Transportation Code; or
2297	2297	(iv) driving with an invalid driver's
2298	2298	license under Section 521.457, Transportation Code;
2299	2299	(2) has been convicted in the preceding seven-year
2300	2300	period of any of the following:
2301	2301	(A) driving while intoxicated under Section
2302	2302	49.04 or 49.045, Penal Code;
2303	2303	(B) use of a motor vehicle to commit a felony;
2304	2304	(C) a felony crime involving property damage;
2305	2305	(D) fraud;
2306	2306	(E) theft;
2307	2307	(F) an act of violence; or
2308	2308	(G) an act of terrorism; or
2309	2309	(3) is found to be registered in the national sex
2310	2310	offender public website maintained by the United States Department
2311	2311	of Justice or a successor agency.
2312	2312	SECTION 114. Sections 11.43(f) and (m), Tax Code, are
2313	2313	amended to read as follows:
2314	2314	(f) The comptroller, in prescribing the contents of the
2315	2315	application form for each kind of exemption, shall ensure that the
2316	2316	form requires an applicant to furnish the information necessary to
2317	2317	determine the validity of the exemption claim. The form must
2318	2318	require an applicant to provide the applicant's name and driver's
2319	2319	license number, personal identification certificate number, or
2320	2320	social security account number. If the applicant is a charitable
2321	2321	organization with a federal tax identification number, the form
2322	2322	must allow the applicant to provide the organization's federal tax
2323	2323	identification number in lieu of a driver's license number,
2324	2324	personal identification certificate number, or social security
2325	2325	account number. The comptroller shall include on the forms a notice
2326	2326	of the penalties prescribed by Section 37.10, Penal Code, for
2327	2327	making or filing an application containing a false statement. The
2328	2328	comptroller shall include, on application forms for exemptions that
2329	2329	do not have to be claimed annually, a statement explaining that the
2330	2330	application need not be made annually and that if the exemption is
2331	2331	allowed, the applicant has a duty to notify the chief appraiser when
2332	2332	the applicant's entitlement to the exemption ends. In this
2333	2333	subsection:
2334	2334	(1) "Driver's license" has the meaning assigned that
2335	2335	term by Section 521.001, Transportation Code.
2336	2336	(2) "Personal identification certificate" means a
2337	2337	certificate issued by the office [Department] of the secretary of
2338	2338	state [Public Safety] under Subchapter E, Chapter 521,
2339	2339	Transportation Code.
2340	2340	(m) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (k), a person who
2341	2341	receives an exemption under Section 11.13, other than an exemption
2342	2342	under Section 11.13(c) or (d) for an individual 65 years of age or
2343	2343	older, in a tax year is entitled to receive an exemption under
2344	2344	Section 11.13(c) or (d) for an individual 65 years of age or older
2345	2345	in the next tax year on the same property without applying for the
2346	2346	exemption if the person becomes 65 years of age in that next year as
2347	2347	shown by:
2348	2348	(1) information in the records of the appraisal
2349	2349	district that was provided to the appraisal district by the
2350	2350	individual in an application for an exemption under Section 11.13
2351	2351	on the property or in correspondence relating to the property; or
2352	2352	(2) the information provided by the office [Texas
2353	2353	Department] of the secretary of state [Public Safety] to the
2354	2354	appraisal district under Section 521.049, Transportation Code.
2355	2355	SECTION 115. The following laws are repealed:
2356	2356	(1) Article 102.022(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
2357	2357	(2) Section 20.066(b), Election Code; and
2358	2358	(3) Section 411.0085, Government Code.
2359	2359	SECTION 116. (a) This section applies to the following
2360	2360	duties of the office of the secretary of state, as transferred by
2361	2361	this Act:
2362	2362	(1) the issuance of driver's licenses under Chapters
2363	2363	521 and 522, Transportation Code;
2364	2364	(2) the issuance of personal identification
2365	2365	certificates under Chapter 521, Transportation Code;
2366	2366	(3) the issuance of election identification
2367	2367	certificates under Chapter 521A, Transportation Code; and
2368	2368	(4) the registration of voters during the issuance or
2369	2369	renewal of a driver's license or personal identification
2370	2370	certificate.
2371	2371	(b) The Department of Public Safety shall contract with an
2372	2372	institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003,
2373	2373	Education Code, to conduct a study on the most effective use of
2374	2374	available state and county resources, including personnel,
2375	2375	property, and technology resources potentially available through
2376	2376	the adoption of intergovernmental agreements, to perform the duties
2377	2377	described by Subsection (a) of this section, prioritizing:
2378	2378	(1) customer service satisfaction, including reducing
2379	2379	wait times for customers to be issued driver's licenses, personal
2380	2380	identification certificates, and election identification
2381	2381	certificates;
2382	2382	(2) accessibility for citizens of this state,
2383	2383	including citizens residing in rural areas of this state, to
2384	2384	facilities performing the duties described by Subsection (a) of
2385	2385	this section; and
2386	2386	(3) administrative efficiency and cost savings.
2387	2387	(c) Not later than September 1, 2021, the Department of
2388	2388	Public Safety shall begin the process of advertising or otherwise
2389	2389	soliciting bids, proposals, offers, or qualifications for a
2390	2390	contract with an institution of higher education, as defined by
2391	2391	Section 61.003, Education Code, to conduct the study required by
2392	2392	Subsection (b) of this section.
2393	2393	(d) Not later than March 1, 2022, the institution of higher
2394	2394	education with which the Department of Public Safety contracts
2395	2395	under Subsection (b) of this section shall submit to the department
2396	2396	and the office of the secretary of state a report on the results of
2397	2397	the study conducted under Subsection (b) of this section and any
2398	2398	recommendations based on the study.
2399	2399	(e) The Department of Public Safety, the office of the
2400	2400	secretary of state, and the county tax assessor-collectors in this
2401	2401	state shall assist and provide input in the study conducted under
2402	2402	Subsection (b) of this section.
2403	2403	SECTION 117. (a) Effective January 1, 2023, the powers and
2404	2404	duties of the Department of Public Safety with regard to driver's
2405	2405	licenses, personal identification certificates, and other
2406	2406	miscellaneous programs, powers, and duties are transferred to the
2407	2407	office of the secretary of state in accordance with this Act.
2408	2408	(b) Effective January 1, 2023, all rules of the Department
2409	2409	of Public Safety relating to driver's licenses, personal
2410	2410	identification certificates, and other miscellaneous programs,
2411	2411	powers, and duties are continued in effect as rules of the office of
2412	2412	the secretary of state until superseded by a rule of the office of
2413	2413	the secretary of state. A license or certification issued by the
2414	2414	Department of Public Safety relating to driver's licenses, personal
2415	2415	identification certificates, and other miscellaneous programs,
2416	2416	powers, and duties is continued in effect as provided by the law in
2417	2417	effect immediately before the effective date of this Act. A
2418	2418	complaint, investigation, contested case, or other proceeding
2419	2419	relating to driver's licenses, personal identification
2420	2420	certificates, and other miscellaneous programs, powers, and duties
2421	2421	that is pending on the effective date of this Act is continued
2422	2422	without change in status after the effective date of this Act. An
2423	2423	activity conducted by the Department of Public Safety relating to
2424	2424	driver's licenses, personal identification certificates, and other
2425	2425	miscellaneous programs, powers, and duties is considered to be an
2426	2426	activity conducted by the office of the secretary of state.
2427	2427	(c) On September 1, 2021, or as soon as is possible after
2428	2428	that date, the public safety director of the Department of Public
2429	2429	Safety shall adopt a comprehensive plan to ensure the smooth
2430	2430	transition of all programs operated by the Department of Public
2431	2431	Safety relating to driver's licenses, personal identification
2432	2432	certificates, and other miscellaneous programs, powers, and duties
2433	2433	before January 1, 2023, from the Department of Public Safety to the
2434	2434	office of the secretary of state.
2435	2435	(d) As soon as practicable after the Department of Public
2436	2436	Safety and the office of the secretary of state receive the report
2437	2437	on the study conducted under Section 116 of this Act, the Department
2438	2438	of Public Safety and the office of the secretary of state shall
2439	2439	establish a work group to evaluate and revise, if necessary, the
2440	2440	comprehensive plan under Subsection (c) of this section to reflect
2441	2441	the recommendations made in the report that would provide for the
2442	2442	smooth transition of the programs described by that subsection.
2443	2443	SECTION 118. Effective January 1, 2023:
2444	2444	(1) all money, contracts, leases, rights, property,
2445	2445	records, and bonds and other obligations of the Department of
2446	2446	Public Safety relating to driver's licenses, personal
2447	2447	identification certificates, and other miscellaneous programs,
2448	2448	powers, and duties are transferred to the office of the secretary of
2449	2449	state; and
2450	2450	(2) an employee of the Department of Public Safety
2451	2451	Driver License Division and any employee of the Department of
2452	2452	Public Safety who primarily performs duties related to a power or
2453	2453	duty transferred under this Act become employees of the office of
2454	2454	the secretary of state.
2455	2455	SECTION 119. (a) The unobligated and unexpended balance of
2456	2456	any appropriations made to the Department of Public Safety in
2457	2457	connection with or relating to driver's licenses, personal
2458	2458	identification certificates, or other programs, powers, or duties
2459	2459	transferred under this Act, for the state fiscal biennium ending
2460	2460	August 31, 2023, is transferred to the office of the secretary of
2461	2461	state for the purpose of implementing the powers, duties,
2462	2462	obligations, and rights of action transferred to that department
2463	2463	under this Act.
2464	2464	(b) The Department of Public Safety shall continue, as
2465	2465	necessary, to perform the duties and functions being transferred to
2466	2466	the office of the secretary of state until the transfer of agency
2467	2467	duties and functions is complete.
2468	2468	SECTION 120. (a) The secretary of state and the Public
2469	2469	Safety Commission shall enter into or revise a joint memorandum of
2470	2470	understanding to coordinate the office of the secretary of state's
2471	2471	and the Department of Public Safety's information systems to allow
2472	2472	for the sharing of information so that each entity may effectively
2473	2473	and efficiently perform the functions and duties assigned to it.
2474	2474	Neither the office of the secretary of state nor the Department of
2475	2475	Public Safety may impose or collect a fee or charge in connection
2476	2476	with the sharing of information under the joint memorandum of
2477	2477	understanding entered into or revised under this section.
2478	2478	(b) The office of the secretary of state and the Department
2479	2479	of Public Safety shall implement the joint memorandum of
2480	2480	understanding using existing personnel and resources.
2481	2481	(c) Otherwise confidential information shared under the
2482	2482	memorandum of understanding remains subject to the same
2483	2483	confidentiality requirements and legal restrictions on access to
2484	2484	the information that are imposed by law on the entity that
2485	2485	originally obtained or collected the information.
2486	2486	(d) Information may be shared under the memorandum of
2487	2487	understanding without the consent of the person who is the subject
2488	2488	of the information.
2489	2489	SECTION 121. (a) In addition to the memorandum of
2490	2490	understanding required by this Act, the secretary of state and the
2491	2491	Public Safety Commission may enter into or revise one or more other
2492	2492	joint memoranda of understanding necessary to effect the transfer
2493	2493	of the powers and duties of the Department of Public Safety to the
2494	2494	office of the secretary of state under this Act. A memorandum of
2495	2495	understanding may include an agreement for the provision of office
2496	2496	space, utilities, and other facility services; the need for
2497	2497	full-time equivalent positions of the Department of Public Safety
2498	2498	to provide support services in addition to the positions
2499	2499	transferred to the office of the secretary of state under this Act;
2500	2500	other support services; and the transfer of information technology
2501	2501	as necessary or appropriate to effect the transfer of the powers and
2502	2502	duties of the Department of Public Safety to the office of the
2503	2503	secretary of state.
2504	2504	(b) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of Section 120 of this Act
2505	2505	apply to a memorandum of understanding entered into or revised
2506	2506	under Subsection (a) of this section.
2507	2507	SECTION 122. An employee of the office of the secretary of
2508	2508	state employed by the office before the effective date of this Act
2509	2509	may not be transferred to perform the duties described by Section
2510	2510	116(a) of this Act. Only full-time equivalent positions for which
2511	2511	the 87th Legislature made appropriations to the office for the
2512	2512	purpose of administering those duties in S.B. No. 1 (General
2513	2513	Appropriations Act) or similar legislation of the 87th Legislature,
2514	2514	Regular Session, 2021, may perform those duties.
2515	2515	SECTION 123. As soon as practicable after the effective
2516	2516	date of this Act, the secretary of state shall adopt rules as
2517	2517	necessary to implement Section 521.009, Transportation Code, as
2518	2518	amended by this Act.
2519	2519	SECTION 124. To the extent of any conflict, this Act
2520	2520	prevails over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session,
2521	2521	2021, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in
2522	2522	enacted codes.
2523	2523	SECTION 125. This Act takes effect immediately if it
2524	2524	receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
2525	2525	house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
2526	2526	If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
2527	2527	effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.