By: Kacal (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) H.B. No. 5142
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2023;
May 11, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
NicholsX
WestX
AlvaradoX
EckhardtX
HancockX
KingX
MilesX
ParkerX
PerryX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and
personal identification certificates to veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.102, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows:
(b-2) For purposes of Subsection (b)(2), the department
must accept a veteran identification card issued by the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs or an identification card
issued by the United States Department of Defense as sufficient
proof of the veteran's military service and honorable discharge.
SECTION 2. Section 521.1235, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows:
(b-2) For purposes of Subsection (b)(2), the department
must accept a veteran identification card issued by the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs or an identification card
issued by the United States Department of Defense as sufficient
proof of the veteran's military service and honorable discharge.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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