89R3866 MZM-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 4514
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of the Department of Public Safety image
verification system for the purpose of verifying an individual's
identity; authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.059(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The department shall use the image verification system
established under this section only to the extent allowed by:
(1) Section 521.0591 to verify an individual's
identity; and
(2) Chapter 730[, Transportation Code,] to aid other
law enforcement agencies in:
(A) [(1)] establishing the identity of a victim
of a disaster or crime that a local law enforcement agency is unable
to establish; or
(B) [(2)] conducting an investigation of
criminal conduct.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.0591 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.0591. USE OF IMAGE VERIFICATION SYSTEM FOR
IDENTITY VERIFICATION. (a) The department may, on request of any
person, verify the identity of an individual by comparing a facial
image of the individual to facial images contained in the image
verification system established under Section 521.059. The
department may comply with a request under this section only if the
request includes:
(1) a facial image and the name of the individual who
is the subject of the identity verification request;
(2) the written consent of the individual described by
Subdivision (1); and
(3) the fee described by Subsection (c).
(b) The department may refuse to provide an identity
verification under this section for any reason.
(c) The department by rule shall establish a fee for the
submission of an identity verification request under this section
in an amount sufficient to cover the costs of the department's
compliance with this section, including the direct and indirect
costs associated with the department's use of the image
verification system.
(d) This section does not authorize the disclosure of an
image contained in the image verification system established under
Section 521.059 to any person.
(e) Information submitted to the department as part of an
identity verification request under this section, including all
images and personal identifying information, is confidential and
not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
(f) The department shall, promptly after conducting an
identity verification or refusing to conduct an identity
verification under this section, destroy all information submitted
as part of the identity verification request.
SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2025, the Department
of Public Safety shall adopt the rules necessary to implement
Section 521.0591, Transportation Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.