89R7828 AJZ-D
By: Morales of Maverick, Troxclair, H.B. No. 1777
Harris Davila, Ordaz, Cunningham, et al.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a designation on a person's driver's license or personal
identification certificate that the person is a registered sex
offender.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.1231 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.1231. SEX OFFENDER DESIGNATION. On receipt of a
court order issued under Article 42.016, Code of Criminal
Procedure, the department shall include on each driver's license or
personal identification certificate issued to the person who is the
subject of the court order a designation that shows the person is
subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of
Criminal Procedure.
SECTION 2. Section 521.1231, Transportation Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a driver's license issued or renewed on
or after the effective date of this Act. A driver's license issued
or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect when the license was issued or renewed, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.