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1	1	89R12650 MZM-D
2	2	By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 2048
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the assumption of the powers and duties relating to
10	10	driver's licenses, personal identification certificates, and other
11	11	related programs, powers, and duties by the Texas Department of
12	12	Motor Vehicles.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Section 192.005, Transportation Code, is amended
15	15	to read as follows:
16	16	Sec. 192.005. RECORD OF COLLISION OR VIOLATION. If a person
17	17	operating a railroad locomotive or train is involved in a collision
18	18	with another train or a motor vehicle or is arrested for violation
19	19	of a law relating to the person's operation of a railroad locomotive
20	20	or train:
21	21	(1) the number of or other identifying information on
22	22	the person's driver's license or commercial driver's license may not
23	23	be included in any report of the collision or violation; and
24	24	(2) the person's involvement in the collision or
25	25	violation may not be recorded in the person's individual driving
26	26	record maintained by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
27	27	Safety].
28	28	SECTION 2. Section 201.806(b), Transportation Code, is
29	29	amended to read as follows:
30	30	(b) The department shall provide electronic access to the
31	31	system containing the collision reports so that the Texas
32	32	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] can perform its
33	33	duties, including the duty to make timely entries on driver
34	34	records.
35	35	SECTION 3. Sections 502.357(b), (c), and (d),
36	36	Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
37	37	(b) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to
38	38	the credit of the state highway fund except that the comptroller
39	39	shall provide for a portion of the fees to be deposited first to the
40	40	credit of a special fund in the state treasury outside the general
41	41	revenue fund to be known as the TexasSure Fund in a total amount
42	42	that is necessary to cover the total amount appropriated to the
43	43	Texas Department of Insurance from that fund and for the remaining
44	44	fees to be deposited to the state highway fund. Subject to
45	45	appropriations, the money deposited to the credit of the state
46	46	highway fund under this section may be used by the department
47	47	[Department of Public Safety] to:
48	48	(1) support the department's [Department of Public
49	49	Safety's] reengineering of the driver's license system to provide
50	50	for the issuance by the department [Department of Public Safety] of
51	51	a driver's license or personal identification certificate, to
52	52	include use of 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 [Department of Public Safety, the] Texas
58	58	Department of Insurance, the Department of Information Resources,
59	59	and the department to carry out Subchapter N, Chapter 601.
60	60	(d) The [Department of Public Safety, the] Texas Department
61	61	of Insurance, the Department of Information Resources, and the
62	62	department shall jointly adopt rules and develop forms necessary to
63	63	administer this section.
64	64	SECTION 4. Sections 521.001(a)(1-a) and (2),
65	65	Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
66	66	(1-a) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor
67	67	Vehicles [Public Safety].
68	68	(2) "Director" means the executive [public safety]
69	69	director of the department.
70	70	SECTION 5. Section 521.001(c), Transportation Code, is
71	71	amended to read as follows:
72	72	(c) The department by rule may define types of vehicles that
73	73	are "motorcycles" for the purposes of this chapter, in addition to
74	74	those defined under Subsection (a)(6-a), and[. The Texas
75	75	Department of Motor Vehicles by rule may define the types of
76	76	vehicles that are "motorcycles"] for the purposes of Chapters 501,
77	77	502, and 503. This subsection applies only to vehicles
78	78	manufactured by a manufacturer licensed under Chapter 2301,
79	79	Occupations Code.
80	80	SECTION 6. Subchapter C, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
81	81	is amended by adding Section 521.064 to read as follows:
82	82	Sec. 521.064. REPRODUCTION OF RECORDS. (a) Except as
83	83	provided by Subsection (b), the department may photograph,
84	84	microphotograph, or film any record in connection with the issuance
85	85	of a driver's license or commercial driver's license.
86	86	(b) An original fingerprint card may not be photographed or
87	87	filmed to dispose of the original record.
88	88	(c) The department may create original records in
89	89	micrographic form on media, such as computer output microfilm.
90	90	(d) A photograph, microphotograph, or film of a record
91	91	reproduced under Subsection (a) is equivalent to the original
92	92	record for all purposes, including introduction as evidence in all
93	93	courts and administrative agency proceedings. A certified or
94	94	authenticated copy of such a photograph, microphotograph, or film
95	95	is admissible as evidence equally with the original photograph,
96	96	microphotograph, or film.
97	97	(e) The director or an authorized representative may
98	98	certify the authenticity of a photograph, microphotograph, or film
99	99	of a record reproduced under this section and shall charge a fee for
100	100	the certified photograph, microphotograph, or film as provided by
101	101	law.
102	102	(f) Certified records shall be furnished to any person who
103	103	is authorized by law to receive them.
104	104	SECTION 7. Section 521.103, Transportation Code, is amended
105	105	by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
106	106	(d) The Department of Public Safety may access any
107	107	photograph of a person described by Subsection (a) that is made
108	108	available to the department through the process of issuing a
109	109	personal identification certificate under this section, including
110	110	a renewal, duplicate, or corrected certificate, for use by the
111	111	Department of Public Safety for purposes of Article 62.005(c), Code
112	112	of Criminal Procedure.
113	113	SECTION 8. Section 521.247, Transportation Code, is amended
114	114	to read as follows:
115	115	Sec. 521.247. APPROVAL OF IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICES BY
116	116	DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. (a) The Department of Public Safety
117	117	[department] shall adopt rules for the approval of ignition
118	118	interlock devices used under this subchapter.
119	119	(b) The Department of Public Safety [department] by rule
120	120	shall establish general standards for the calibration and
121	121	maintenance of the devices. The manufacturer or an authorized
122	122	representative of the manufacturer is responsible for calibrating
123	123	and maintaining the device.
124	124	(c) If the Department of Public Safety [department]
125	125	approves a device, the Department of Public Safety [department]
126	126	shall notify the manufacturer of that approval in writing. Written
127	127	notice from the Department of Public Safety [department] to a
128	128	manufacturer is admissible in a civil or criminal proceeding in
129	129	this state. The manufacturer shall reimburse the Department of
130	130	Public Safety [department] for any cost incurred by the Department
131	131	of Public Safety [department] in approving the device.
132	132	(d) The Department of Public Safety [department] is not
133	133	liable in a civil or criminal proceeding that arises from the use of
134	134	an approved device.
135	135	SECTION 9. Section 521.2475, Transportation Code, is
136	136	amended to read as follows:
137	137	Sec. 521.2475. IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE EVALUATION. (a)
138	138	On January 1 of each year, the Department of Public Safety
139	139	[department] shall issue an evaluation of each ignition interlock
140	140	device approved under Section 521.247 using guidelines established
141	141	by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, including:
142	142	(1) whether the device provides accurate detection of
143	143	alveolar air;
144	144	(2) the moving retest abilities of the device;
145	145	(3) the use of tamper-proof blood alcohol content
146	146	level software by the device;
147	147	(4) the anticircumvention design of the device;
148	148	(5) the recalibration requirements of the device; and
149	149	(6) the breath action required by the operator.
150	150	(b) The Department of Public Safety [department] shall
151	151	assess the cost of preparing the evaluation equally against each
152	152	manufacturer of an approved device.
153	153	SECTION 10. Sections 521.2476(a), (b), (c), and (d),
154	154	Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
155	155	(a) The Department of Public Safety [department] by rule
156	156	shall establish:
157	157	(1) minimum standards for vendors of ignition
158	158	interlock devices who conduct business in this state; and
159	159	(2) procedures to ensure compliance with those
160	160	standards, including procedures for the inspection of a vendor's
161	161	facilities.
162	162	(b) The minimum standards shall require each vendor to:
163	163	(1) be authorized by the Department of Public Safety
164	164	[department] to do business in this state;
165	165	(2) install a device only if the device is approved
166	166	under Section 521.247;
167	167	(3) obtain liability insurance providing coverage for
168	168	damages arising out of the operation or use of devices in amounts
169	169	and under the terms specified by the Department of Public Safety
170	170	[department];
171	171	(4) install the device and activate any
172	172	anticircumvention feature of the device within a reasonable time
173	173	after the vendor receives notice that installation is ordered by a
174	174	court;
175	175	(5) install and inspect the device in accordance with
176	176	any applicable court order;
177	177	(6) repair or replace a device not later than 48 hours
178	178	after receiving notice of a complaint regarding the operation of
179	179	the device;
180	180	(7) submit a written report of any violation of a court
181	181	order to that court and to the person's supervising officer, if any,
182	182	not later than 48 hours after the vendor discovers the violation;
183	183	(8) maintain a record of each action taken by the
184	184	vendor with respect to each device installed by the vendor,
185	185	including each action taken as a result of an attempt to circumvent
186	186	the device, until at least the fifth anniversary after the date of
187	187	installation;
188	188	(9) make a copy of the record available for inspection
189	189	by or send a copy of the record to any court, supervising officer,
190	190	or the Department of Public Safety [department] on request; and
191	191	(10) annually provide to the Department of Public
192	192	Safety [department] a written report of each service and ignition
193	193	interlock device feature made available by the vendor.
194	194	(c) The Department of Public Safety [department] may revoke
195	195	its [the department's] authorization for a vendor to do business in
196	196	this state if the vendor or an officer or employee of the vendor
197	197	violates:
198	198	(1) any law of this state that applies to the vendor;
199	199	or
200	200	(2) any rule adopted by the Department of Public
201	201	Safety [department] under this section or another law that applies
202	202	to the vendor.
203	203	(d) A vendor shall reimburse the Department of Public Safety
204	204	[department] for the reasonable cost of conducting each inspection
205	205	of the vendor's facilities under this section.
206	206	SECTION 11. Section 521.272, Transportation Code, is
207	207	amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
208	208	(e) The Department of Public Safety may access any
209	209	photograph of a person described by Subsection (a) that is made
210	210	available to the department through the process of issuing a
211	211	driver's license under this section, including a renewal,
212	212	duplicate, or corrected license, for use by the Department of
213	213	Public Safety for purposes of Article 62.005(c), Code of Criminal
214	214	Procedure.
215	215	SECTION 12. Section 521A.001, Transportation Code, is
216	216	amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
217	217	(i) In this section, "department" means the Texas
218	218	Department of Motor Vehicles.
219	219	SECTION 13. Section 522.003(8), Transportation Code, is
220	220	amended to read as follows:
221	221	(8) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor
222	222	Vehicles [Public Safety].
223	223	SECTION 14. Section 522.007, Transportation Code, is
224	224	amended to read as follows:
225	225	Sec. 522.007. EXEMPTION FOR NEIGHBORING STATES. (a) The
226	226	executive [public safety] director of the department shall enter
227	227	negotiations with an appropriate person or entity of a state
228	228	bordering this state for the purpose of applying the exemption
229	229	contained in Section 522.004(a)(1) to residents of that state.
230	230	(b) The executive [public safety] director of the
231	231	department may enter an agreement to apply the exemption contained
232	232	in Section 522.004(a)(1) to residents of a bordering state only if
233	233	that state extends a similar exemption to residents of this state.
234	234	SECTION 15. Sections 523.003(2) and (5), Transportation
235	235	Code, are amended to read as follows:
236	236	(2) "Executive director" means the executive director
237	237	of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] or the
238	238	equivalent officer of another state.
239	239	(5) "Licensing authority" means the Texas Department
240	240	of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] or the equivalent agency of
241	241	another state.
242	242	SECTION 16. Sections 524.001(8) and (9), Transportation
243	243	Code, are amended to read as follows:
244	244	(8) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor
245	245	Vehicles [Public Safety].
246	246	(9) "Director" means the executive [public safety]
247	247	director of the department.
248	248	SECTION 17. Section 525.001(b), Transportation Code, is
249	249	amended to read as follows:
250	250	(b) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
251	251	shall include motorcycle and bicycle awareness information in [any
252	252	edition of] the Texas driver's handbook [published after the
253	253	department exhausts the supply of the handbook that the department
254	254	had on September 1, 1993].
255	255	SECTION 18. Section 543.112(b), Transportation Code, is
256	256	amended to read as follows:
257	257	(b) The uniform certificate of course completion must
258	258	include an identifying number by which the Texas Department of
259	259	Licensing and Regulation, the court, [or] the department, or the
260	260	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles may verify its authenticity with
261	261	the course provider and must be in a form adopted by the Texas
262	262	Department of Licensing and Regulation.
263	263	SECTION 19. Section 601.002(1), Transportation Code, is
264	264	amended to read as follows:
265	265	(1) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor
266	266	Vehicles [Public Safety].
267	267	SECTION 20. Subchapter A, Chapter 601, Transportation Code,
268	268	is amended by adding Section 601.010 to read as follows:
269	269	Sec. 601.010. ACCESS TO RECORDS BY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
270	270	SAFETY. The Department of Public Safety may access the
271	271	department's records relating to the suspension of a driver's
272	272	license and vehicle registration under this chapter.
273	273	SECTION 21. Section 601.023, Transportation Code, is
274	274	amended to read as follows:
275	275	Sec. 601.023. PAYMENT OF STATUTORY FEES. The department
276	276	may pay[:
277	277	[(1) a statutory fee required by the Texas Department
278	278	of Motor Vehicles for a certified abstract or in connection with
279	279	suspension of a vehicle registration; or
280	280	[(2)] a statutory fee payable to the comptroller for
281	281	issuance of a certificate of deposit required by Section 601.122.
282	282	SECTION 22. Section 601.233(a), Transportation Code, is
283	283	amended to read as follows:
284	284	(a) A citation for an offense under Section 601.191 issued
285	285	as a result of Section 601.053 must include, in type larger than
286	286	other type on the citation, the following statement:
287	287	"A second or subsequent conviction of an offense under the Texas
288	288	Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act will result in the
289	289	suspension of your driver's license unless you file and maintain
290	290	evidence of financial responsibility with the Texas Department of
291	291	Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] for two years from the date of
292	292	conviction. The department may waive the requirement to file
293	293	evidence of financial responsibility if you file satisfactory
294	294	evidence with the department showing that at the time this citation
295	295	was issued, the vehicle was covered by a motor vehicle liability
296	296	insurance policy or that you were otherwise exempt from the
297	297	requirements to provide evidence of financial responsibility."
298	298	SECTION 23. Section 601.451, Transportation Code, is
299	299	amended to read as follows:
300	300	Sec. 601.451. DEFINITION. In this subchapter,
301	301	"implementing agencies" means:
302	302	(1) the department;
303	303	(2) [the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles;
304	304	[(3)] the Texas Department of Insurance; and
305	305	(3) [(4)] the Department of Information Resources.
306	306	SECTION 24. Sections 643.253(g) and (h), Transportation
307	307	Code, are amended to read as follows:
308	308	(g) As soon as practicable after the date a person is
309	309	convicted of an offense under Subsection (b), the convicting court
310	310	shall notify the department [Department of Public Safety] of the
311	311	conviction. The notice must be in a form prescribed by the
312	312	department [Department of Public Safety] and must contain the
313	313	person's driver's license number.
314	314	(h) A conviction under Subsection (b) shall be recorded in
315	315	the person's driving record maintained by the department
316	316	[Department of Public Safety].
317	317	SECTION 25. Section 662.011(a), Transportation Code, is
318	318	amended to read as follows:
319	319	(a) Of each fee collected under Sections 521.421(b) and (g)
320	320	and Sections 522.029(f) and (g), the Texas Department of Motor
321	321	Vehicles [Public Safety] shall send $5 to the comptroller for
322	322	deposit to the credit of the motorcycle education fund account.
323	323	SECTION 26. Section 703.001(2), Transportation Code, is
324	324	amended to read as follows:
325	325	(2) "Department" and "licensing authority" mean the
326	326	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety].
327	327	SECTION 27. Section 706.001(2), Transportation Code, is
328	328	amended to read as follows:
329	329	(2) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor
330	330	Vehicles [Public Safety].
331	331	SECTION 28. Section 706.008(c), Transportation Code, is
332	332	amended to read as follows:
333	333	(c) Except for an action based on a citation issued by a
334	334	peace officer employed by the Department of Public Safety
335	335	[department], the vendor may not be compensated with state money.
336	336	SECTION 29. Section 724.001(7), Transportation Code, is
337	337	amended to read as follows:
338	338	(7) "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor
339	339	Vehicles [Public Safety].
340	340	SECTION 30. Section 724.016, Transportation Code, is
341	341	amended to read as follows:
342	342	Sec. 724.016. BREATH SPECIMEN. (a) A breath specimen taken
343	343	at the request or order of a peace officer must be taken and
344	344	analyzed under rules of the Department of Public Safety
345	345	[department] by an individual possessing a certificate issued by
346	346	the Department of Public Safety [department] certifying that the
347	347	individual is qualified to perform the analysis.
348	348	(b) The Department of Public Safety [department] may:
349	349	(1) adopt rules approving satisfactory analytical
350	350	methods; and
351	351	(2) ascertain the qualifications of an individual to
352	352	perform the analysis.
353	353	(c) The Department of Public Safety [department] may revoke
354	354	a certificate for cause.
355	355	SECTION 31. Sections 724.032(a) and (b), Transportation
356	356	Code, are amended to read as follows:
357	357	(a) If a person refuses to submit to the taking of a
358	358	specimen, whether expressly or because of an intentional failure of
359	359	the person to give the specimen, the peace officer shall:
360	360	(1) serve notice of license suspension or denial on
361	361	the person; and
362	362	(2) make a written report of the refusal to the
363	363	executive director of the department.
364	364	(b) The executive director of the department must approve
365	365	the form of the refusal report. The report must:
366	366	(1) show the grounds for the officer's belief that the
367	367	person had been operating a motor vehicle or watercraft powered
368	368	with an engine having a manufacturer's rating of 50 horsepower or
369	369	above while intoxicated; and
370	370	(2) contain a copy of:
371	371	(A) the refusal statement requested under
372	372	Section 724.031; or
373	373	(B) a statement signed by the officer that the
374	374	person refused to:
375	375	(i) submit to the taking of the requested
376	376	specimen; and
377	377	(ii) sign the requested statement under
378	378	Section 724.031.
379	379	SECTION 32. Subchapter C, Chapter 724, Transportation Code,
380	380	is amended by adding Section 724.0345 to read as follows:
381	381	Sec. 724.0345. ACCESS TO RECORDS BY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
382	382	SAFETY. The Department of Public Safety may access the
383	383	department's records relating to the suspension or denial of a
384	384	driver's license.
385	385	SECTION 33. Section 1001.004, Transportation Code, is
386	386	amended to read as follows:
387	387	Sec. 1001.004. DIVISIONS. The executive director shall
388	388	organize the department into divisions to accomplish the
389	389	department's functions and the duties assigned to the department,
390	390	including a division reporting directly to the executive director
391	391	and the deputy executive director that administers the following
392	392	duties:
393	393	(1) the issuance of driver's licenses under Chapters
394	394	521 and 522;
395	395	(2) the issuance of personal identification
396	396	certificates under Chapter 521;
397	397	(3) the issuance of election identification
398	398	certificates under Chapter 521A; and
399	399	(4) the registration of voters during the issuance or
400	400	renewal of a driver's license or personal identification
401	401	certificate.
402	402	SECTION 34. Section 411.0111, Government Code, is
403	403	transferred to Chapter 1003, Transportation Code, and redesignated
404	404	as Section 1003.009, Transportation Code, to read as follows:
405	405	Sec. 1003.009 [411.0111]. PROVISION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION
406	406	TO COMPTROLLER. (a) Not later than June 1 of every fifth year, the
407	407	department shall provide to the comptroller, for the purpose of
408	408	assisting the comptroller in the identification of persons entitled
409	409	to unclaimed property reported to the comptroller, the name,
410	410	address, social security number, date of birth, and driver's
411	411	license or state identification number of each person about whom
412	412	the department has such information in its records.
413	413	(b) Information provided to the comptroller under this
414	414	section is confidential and may not be disclosed to the public.
415	415	(c) The department shall provide the information in the
416	416	format prescribed by rule of the comptroller.
417	417	SECTION 35. Section 106.03(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
418	418	amended to read as follows:
419	419	(b) A person who sells a minor an alcoholic beverage does
420	420	not commit an offense if the minor falsely represents himself to be
421	421	21 years old or older by displaying an apparently valid proof of
422	422	identification that contains a physical description and photograph
423	423	consistent with the minor's appearance, purports to establish that
424	424	the minor is 21 years of age or older, and was issued by a
425	425	governmental agency. The proof of identification may include a
426	426	driver's license or identification card issued by the Texas
427	427	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety], a passport, or a
428	428	military identification card.
429	429	SECTION 36. Section 106.06(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
430	430	amended to read as follows:
431	431	(d) A judge, acting under Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal
432	432	Procedure, who places a defendant charged with an offense under
433	433	this section on community supervision under that chapter shall, if
434	434	the defendant committed the offense at a gathering where
435	435	participants were involved in the abuse of alcohol, including binge
436	436	drinking or forcing or coercing individuals to consume alcohol, in
437	437	addition to any other condition imposed by the judge:
438	438	(1) require the defendant to:
439	439	(A) perform community service for not less than
440	440	20 or more than 40 hours; and
441	441	(B) attend an alcohol awareness program approved
442	442	under Section 106.115; and
443	443	(2) order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
444	444	[Public Safety] to suspend the driver's license or permit of the
445	445	defendant or, if the defendant does not have a driver's license or
446	446	permit, to deny the issuance of a driver's license or permit to the
447	447	defendant for 180 days.
448	448	SECTION 37. Section 106.071(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
449	449	amended to read as follows:
450	450	(d) In addition to any fine and any order issued under
451	451	Section 106.115:
452	452	(1) the court shall order a minor placed on deferred
453	453	disposition for or convicted of an offense to which this section
454	454	applies to perform community service for:
455	455	(A) not less than eight or more than 12 hours, if
456	456	the minor has not been previously convicted of an offense to which
457	457	this section applies; or
458	458	(B) not less than 20 or more than 40 hours, if the
459	459	minor has been previously convicted once of an offense to which this
460	460	section applies; and
461	461	(2) the court shall order the Texas Department of
462	462	Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to suspend the driver's license or
463	463	permit of a minor convicted of an offense to which this section
464	464	applies or, if the minor does not have a driver's license or permit,
465	465	to deny the issuance of a driver's license or permit for:
466	466	(A) 30 days, if the minor has not been previously
467	467	convicted of an offense to which this section applies;
468	468	(B) 60 days, if the minor has been previously
469	469	convicted once of an offense to which this section applies; or
470	470	(C) 180 days, if the minor has been previously
471	471	convicted twice or more of an offense to which this section applies.
472	472	SECTION 38. Sections 106.115(b-2), (d), and (e), Alcoholic
473	473	Beverage Code, are amended to read as follows:
474	474	(b-2) For purposes of Subsection (b-1), if the defendant is
475	475	enrolled in an institution of higher education located in a county
476	476	in which access to an alcohol awareness program is readily
477	477	available, the court may consider the defendant to be a resident of
478	478	that county. If the defendant is not enrolled in such an
479	479	institution of higher education or if the court does not consider
480	480	the defendant to be a resident of the county in which the
481	481	institution is located, the defendant's residence is the residence
482	482	listed on the defendant's driver's license or personal
483	483	identification certificate issued by the Texas Department of Motor
484	484	Vehicles [Public Safety]. If the defendant does not have a
485	485	driver's license or personal identification certificate issued by
486	486	the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety], the
487	487	defendant's residence is the residence on the defendant's voter
488	488	registration certificate. If the defendant is not registered to
489	489	vote, the defendant's residence is the residence on file with the
490	490	public school district on which the defendant's enrollment is
491	491	based. If the defendant is not enrolled in public school, the
492	492	defendant's residence is determined by the court.
493	493	(d) If the defendant does not present the required evidence
494	494	within the prescribed period, the court:
495	495	(1) shall order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
496	496	[Public Safety] to:
497	497	(A) suspend the defendant's driver's license or
498	498	permit for a period not to exceed six months or, if the defendant
499	499	does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license
500	500	or permit to the defendant for that period; or
501	501	(B) if the defendant has been previously
502	502	convicted of an offense under one or more of the sections listed in
503	503	Subsection (a), suspend the defendant's driver's license or permit
504	504	for a period not to exceed one year or, if the defendant does not
505	505	have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license or
506	506	permit to the defendant for that period; and
507	507	(2) may order the defendant or the parent, managing
508	508	conservator, or guardian of the defendant to do any act or refrain
509	509	from doing any act if the court determines that doing the act or
510	510	refraining from doing the act will increase the likelihood that the
511	511	defendant will present evidence to the court that the defendant has
512	512	satisfactorily completed an alcohol awareness program or performed
513	513	the required hours of community service.
514	514	(e) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
515	515	shall send notice of the suspension or prohibition order issued
516	516	under Subsection (d) by first class mail to the defendant. The
517	517	notice must include the date of the suspension or prohibition
518	518	order, the reason for the suspension or prohibition, and the period
519	519	covered by the suspension or prohibition.
520	520	SECTION 39. Section 106.15(e), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
521	521	amended to read as follows:
522	522	(e) A person does not commit an offense under Subsection (a)
523	523	if the person younger than 18 years of age falsely represents the
524	524	person's age to be at least 18 years of age by displaying an
525	525	apparently valid Texas driver's license or an identification card
526	526	issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
527	527	containing a physical description consistent with the person's
528	528	appearance.
529	529	SECTION 40. Section 20.23(b), Business & Commerce Code, is
530	530	amended to read as follows:
531	531	(b) Information or documentation that identifies a
532	532	protected consumer or a representative of a protected consumer is
533	533	considered sufficient proof of identity for purposes of this
534	534	subchapter, including:
535	535	(1) a social security number or a copy of the social
536	536	security card issued by the United States Social Security
537	537	Administration;
538	538	(2) a certified or official copy of a birth
539	539	certificate issued by the entity authorized to issue the birth
540	540	certificate;
541	541	(3) a copy of a driver's license or identification card
542	542	issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety];
543	543	or
544	544	(4) any other government-issued identification.
545	545	SECTION 41. Article 42.016, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
546	546	amended to read as follows:
547	547	Art. 42.016. SPECIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION
548	548	REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS. If a person is convicted
549	549	of, receives a grant of deferred adjudication for, or is
550	550	adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct based on a
551	551	violation of an offense for which a conviction or adjudication
552	552	requires registration as a sex offender under Chapter 62, the court
553	553	shall:
554	554	(1) issue an order requiring the Texas Department of
555	555	Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to include in any driver's license
556	556	record or personal identification certificate record maintained by
557	557	the department for the person:
558	558	(A) an indication that the person is subject to
559	559	the registration requirements of Chapter 62; and
560	560	(B) if applicable, an indication that the person
561	561	is subject to registration because the person was convicted of an
562	562	offense involving human trafficking under Chapter 20A, Penal Code;
563	563	(2) require the person to apply to the Texas
564	564	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] in person for an
565	565	original or renewal driver's license or personal identification
566	566	certificate not later than the 30th day after the date the person is
567	567	released or the date the department sends written notice to the
568	568	person of the requirements of Article 62.060, as applicable, and to
569	569	annually renew the license or certificate;
570	570	(3) notify the person of the consequence of the
571	571	conviction or order of deferred adjudication as it relates to the
572	572	order issued under this article; and
573	573	(4) send to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
574	574	[Public Safety] a copy of the record of conviction, a copy of the
575	575	order granting deferred adjudication, or a copy of the juvenile
576	576	adjudication, as applicable, and a copy of the order issued under
577	577	this article.
578	578	SECTION 42. Article 42A.406, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
579	579	amended to read as follows:
580	580	Art. 42A.406. EFFECT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS ON
581	581	DRIVING RECORD AND LICENSE. (a) If a defendant is required as a
582	582	condition of community supervision to successfully complete an
583	583	educational program under Article 42A.403 or 42A.404, or if the
584	584	court waives the educational program requirement under Article
585	585	42A.403 or the defendant successfully completes education under
586	586	Article 42A.4045, the court clerk shall immediately report that
587	587	fact to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety], on a
588	588	form prescribed by the department, for inclusion in the defendant's
589	589	driving record. If the court grants an extension of time in which
590	590	the defendant may complete the educational program under Article
591	591	42A.403, the court clerk shall immediately report that fact to the
592	592	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] on a form
593	593	prescribed by the department. The clerk's report under this
594	594	subsection must include the beginning date of the defendant's
595	595	community supervision.
596	596	(b) On the defendant's successful completion of an
597	597	educational program under Article 42A.403 or 42A.404, the
598	598	defendant's instructor shall give notice to the Texas Department of
599	599	Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] for inclusion in the defendant's
600	600	driving record and to the community supervision and corrections
601	601	department. The community supervision and corrections department
602	602	shall forward the notice to the court clerk for filing.
603	603	(c) [(b-1)] Upon release from a residential treatment
604	604	facility at which the person successfully completed education under
605	605	Article 42A.4045, at the request of the court clerk, the director of
606	606	the residential treatment facility shall give notice to the Texas
607	607	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] for inclusion in the
608	608	person's driving record.
609	609	(d) [(c)] If the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
610	610	Safety] does not receive notice that a defendant required to
611	611	complete an educational program has successfully completed the
612	612	program within the period required by the judge under this
613	613	subchapter, as shown on department records, the department, as
614	614	provided by Sections 521.344(e) and (f), Transportation Code,
615	615	shall:
616	616	(1) revoke the defendant's driver's license; or
617	617	(2) prohibit the defendant from obtaining a license.
618	618	(e) [(d)] The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
619	619	Safety] may not reinstate a license revoked under Subsection (d)
620	620	[(c)] as the result of an educational program requirement imposed
621	621	under Article 42A.403 unless the defendant whose license was
622	622	revoked applies to the department for reinstatement of the license
623	623	and pays to the department a reinstatement fee of $100. The Texas
624	624	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] shall remit all fees
625	625	collected under this subsection to the comptroller for deposit in
626	626	the general revenue fund.
627	627	SECTION 43. Articles 42A.407(c) and (e), Code of Criminal
628	628	Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
629	629	(c) If the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
630	630	Safety] receives notice that a defendant has been required to
631	631	successfully complete a subsequent educational program under
632	632	Article 42A.403 or 42A.404, although the previously required
633	633	completion had been waived, but the judge has not ordered a period
634	634	of suspension, the department shall:
635	635	(1) suspend the defendant's driver's license; or
636	636	(2) issue an order prohibiting the defendant from
637	637	obtaining a license for a period of one year.
638	638	(e) The suspension of a defendant's driver's license under
639	639	Subsection (d) shall be reported to the Texas Department of Motor
640	640	Vehicles [Public Safety] as provided under Section 521.347,
641	641	Transportation Code.
642	642	SECTION 44. Articles 45A.304(b) and (e), Code of Criminal
643	643	Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
644	644	(b) Notwithstanding Article 45A.303(b)(8), during a
645	645	deferral period ordered under this subchapter, the judge shall
646	646	require that a defendant described by Subsection (a):
647	647	(1) complete a driving safety course approved under
648	648	Chapter 1001, Education Code; and
649	649	(2) if the defendant holds a provisional license, be
650	650	examined by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
651	651	as required by Section 521.161(b)(2), Transportation Code.
652	652	(e) The reimbursement fee collected under Subsection (d)
653	653	must be deposited to the credit of a special account in the general
654	654	revenue fund and may be used only by the Texas Department of Motor
655	655	Vehicles [Public Safety] for the administration of Chapter 521,
656	656	Transportation Code.
657	657	SECTION 45. Articles 45A.356(a) and (c), Code of Criminal
658	658	Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
659	659	(a) The court shall enter judgment on a defendant's plea of
660	660	nolo contendere or guilty at the time the plea is made, defer
661	661	imposition of the judgment, and allow the defendant a 90-day period
662	662	to successfully complete the approved driving safety course or
663	663	motorcycle operator training course and present to the court:
664	664	(1) a uniform certificate of completion of the driving
665	665	safety course or a verification of completion of the motorcycle
666	666	operator training course;
667	667	(2) unless the judge proceeds under Article 45A.359,
668	668	the defendant's driving record as maintained by the Texas
669	669	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety], if any, showing that
670	670	the defendant has not completed an approved driving safety course
671	671	or motorcycle operator training course, as applicable, within the
672	672	12-month period preceding the date of the offense;
673	673	(3) an affidavit stating that the defendant:
674	674	(A) was not taking a driving safety course or
675	675	motorcycle operator training course, as applicable, under this
676	676	subchapter on the date the request to take the course was made; and
677	677	(B) has not completed, within the 12-month period
678	678	preceding the date of the offense, a course described by Paragraph
679	679	(A) that is not shown on the defendant's driving record; and
680	680	(4) if the defendant does not have a Texas driver's
681	681	license or permit and is a member, or the spouse or dependent child
682	682	of a member, of the United States military forces serving on active
683	683	duty, an affidavit stating that the defendant:
684	684	(A) was not taking a driving safety course or
685	685	motorcycle operator training course, as applicable, in another
686	686	state on the date the request to take the course was made; and
687	687	(B) has not completed a course described by
688	688	Paragraph (A) within the 12-month period preceding the date of the
689	689	offense.
690	690	(c) If a defendant satisfies the requirements of Subsection
691	691	(a), the court shall:
692	692	(1) remove the judgment and dismiss the charge;
693	693	(2) report the fact that the defendant successfully
694	694	completed a driving safety course or a motorcycle operator training
695	695	course and the date of completion to the Texas Department of Motor
696	696	Vehicles [Public Safety] for inclusion in the defendant's driving
697	697	record; and
698	698	(3) state in the report under Subdivision (2) whether
699	699	the course was taken under this subchapter to provide information
700	700	necessary to determine eligibility to take a subsequent course
701	701	under Article 45A.352(a).
702	702	SECTION 46. Articles 45A.359(b), (c), and (f), Code of
703	703	Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
704	704	(b) As an alternative to receiving the defendant's driving
705	705	record under Article 45A.356(a)(2), the judge, at the time the
706	706	defendant requests a driving safety course or motorcycle operator
707	707	training course dismissal under this subchapter, may:
708	708	(1) require the defendant to pay a reimbursement fee
709	709	in an amount equal to the sum of the amount of:
710	710	(A) the fee established by Section 521.048,
711	711	Transportation Code; and
712	712	(B) the state electronic Internet portal fee; and
713	713	(2) use the state electronic Internet portal to
714	714	request that the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
715	715	provide the judge with a copy of the defendant's driving record
716	716	showing the information described by Section 521.047(b),
717	717	Transportation Code.
718	718	(c) As soon as practicable, the Texas Department of Motor
719	719	Vehicles [Public Safety] shall use the state electronic Internet
720	720	portal to provide the judge with the requested copy of the
721	721	defendant's driving record.
722	722	(f) The comptroller shall credit fees collected under
723	723	Subsection (e) to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
724	724	Safety].
725	725	SECTION 47. Article 45A.401(f), Code of Criminal Procedure,
726	726	is amended to read as follows:
727	727	(f) A charge dismissed under this article may not be part of
728	728	the defendant's criminal record or driving record or used for any
729	729	purpose, except that if the charge was for a traffic offense, the
730	730	court shall report to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
731	731	[Public Safety] the fact that the defendant successfully completed
732	732	the teen court program and the date of completion for inclusion in
733	733	the defendant's driving record.
734	734	SECTION 48. Articles 45A.461(c) and (f), Code of Criminal
735	735	Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
736	736	(c) If a child fails to obey an order of a justice or
737	737	municipal court under circumstances that would constitute contempt
738	738	of court, the justice or municipal court, after providing notice
739	739	and an opportunity to be heard, may:
740	740	(1) refer the child to the appropriate juvenile court
741	741	for delinquent conduct for contempt of the order; or
742	742	(2) retain jurisdiction of the case, hold the child in
743	743	contempt of court, and order that:
744	744	(A) the contemnor pay a fine not to exceed $500;
745	745	or
746	746	(B) the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
747	747	[Public Safety] suspend the contemnor's driver's license or permit
748	748	or, if the contemnor does not have a license or permit, deny the
749	749	issuance of a license or permit to the contemnor until the contemnor
750	750	fully complies with the order.
751	751	(f) A justice or municipal court that orders suspension or
752	752	denial of a driver's license or permit under Subsection (c)(2)(B)
753	753	shall notify the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
754	754	on receiving proof of compliance with the orders of the justice or
755	755	municipal court.
756	756	SECTION 49. Article 62.053(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
757	757	is amended to read as follows:
758	758	(a) Before a person who will be subject to registration
759	759	under this chapter is due to be released from a penal institution,
760	760	the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the Texas Juvenile
761	761	Justice Department shall determine the person's level of risk to
762	762	the community using the sex offender screening tool developed or
763	763	selected under Article 62.007 and assign to the person a numeric
764	764	risk level of one, two, or three. Before releasing the person, an
765	765	official of the penal institution shall:
766	766	(1) inform the person that:
767	767	(A) not later than the later of the seventh day
768	768	after the date on which the person is released or after the date on
769	769	which the person moves from a previous residence to a new residence
770	770	in this state or not later than the first date the applicable local
771	771	law enforcement authority by policy allows the person to register
772	772	or verify registration, the person must register or verify
773	773	registration with the local law enforcement authority in the
774	774	municipality or county in which the person intends to reside;
775	775	(B) not later than the seventh day after the date
776	776	on which the person is released or the date on which the person
777	777	moves from a previous residence to a new residence in this state,
778	778	the person must, if the person has not moved to an intended
779	779	residence, report to the applicable entity or entities as required
780	780	by Article 62.051(h) or (j) or 62.055(e);
781	781	(C) not later than the seventh day before the
782	782	date on which the person moves to a new residence in this state or
783	783	another state, the person must report in person to the local law
784	784	enforcement authority designated as the person's primary
785	785	registration authority by the department and to the juvenile
786	786	probation officer, community supervision and corrections
787	787	department officer, or parole officer supervising the person;
788	788	(D) not later than the 10th day after the date on
789	789	which the person arrives in another state in which the person
790	790	intends to reside, the person must register with the law
791	791	enforcement agency that is identified by the department as the
792	792	agency designated by that state to receive registration
793	793	information, if the other state has a registration requirement for
794	794	sex offenders;
795	795	(E) not later than the 30th day after the date on
796	796	which the person is released, the person must apply to the Texas
797	797	Department of Motor Vehicles [department] in person for the
798	798	issuance of an original or renewal driver's license or personal
799	799	identification certificate and a failure to apply to the Texas
800	800	Department of Motor Vehicles [department] as required by this
801	801	paragraph results in the automatic revocation of any driver's
802	802	license or personal identification certificate issued by the Texas
803	803	Department of Motor Vehicles [department] to the person;
804	804	(F) the person must notify appropriate entities
805	805	of any change in status as described by Article 62.057;
806	806	(G) certain types of employment are prohibited
807	807	under Article 62.063 for a person with a reportable conviction or
808	808	adjudication for a sexually violent offense involving a victim
809	809	younger than 14 years of age and occurring on or after September 1,
810	810	2013;
811	811	(H) certain locations of residence are
812	812	prohibited under Article 62.064 for a person with a reportable
813	813	conviction or adjudication for an offense occurring on or after
814	814	September 1, 2017, except as otherwise provided by that article;
815	815	and
816	816	(I) if the person enters the premises of a school
817	817	as described by Article 62.065 and is subject to the requirements of
818	818	that article, the person must immediately notify the administrative
819	819	office of the school of the person's presence and the person's
820	820	registration status under this chapter;
821	821	(2) require the person to sign a written statement
822	822	that the person was informed of the person's duties as described by
823	823	Subdivision (1) or Subsection (g) or, if the person refuses to sign
824	824	the statement, certify that the person was so informed;
825	825	(3) obtain the address or, if applicable, a detailed
826	826	description of each geographical location where the person expects
827	827	to reside on the person's release and other registration
828	828	information, including a photograph and complete set of
829	829	fingerprints; and
830	830	(4) complete the registration form for the person.
831	831	SECTION 50. Article 62.060, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
832	832	amended to read as follows:
833	833	Art. 62.060. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE OR
834	834	PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE. (a) A person subject to
835	835	registration under this chapter shall apply to the Texas Department
836	836	of Motor Vehicles [department] in person for the issuance of, as
837	837	applicable, an original or renewal driver's license under Section
838	838	521.272, Transportation Code, an original or renewal personal
839	839	identification certificate under Section 521.103, Transportation
840	840	Code, or an original or renewal commercial driver's license or
841	841	commercial learner's permit under Section 522.033, Transportation
842	842	Code, not later than the 30th day after the date:
843	843	(1) the person is released from a penal institution or
844	844	is released by a court on community supervision or juvenile
845	845	probation; or
846	846	(2) the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
847	847	[department] sends written notice to the person of the requirements
848	848	of this article.
849	849	(b) The person shall annually renew in person each driver's
850	850	license or personal identification certificate issued by the Texas
851	851	Department of Motor Vehicles [department] to the person, including
852	852	each renewal, duplicate, or corrected license or certificate, until
853	853	the person's duty to register under this chapter expires.
854	854	SECTION 51. Article 62.2021(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
855	855	is amended to read as follows:
856	856	(a) Notwithstanding Article 62.060(b), a person subject to
857	857	registration who is civilly committed as a sexually violent
858	858	predator and resides at a civil commitment center shall renew the
859	859	person's state-issued [department-issued] driver's license or
860	860	personal identification certificate as prescribed by Section
861	861	521.103, 521.272, or 522.033, Transportation Code, as applicable.
862	862	SECTION 52. Article 65.053(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
863	863	is amended to read as follows:
864	864	(a) Before a person who will be subject to registration
865	865	under this chapter is due to be released from a penal institution,
866	866	an official of the penal institution shall:
867	867	(1) inform the person that:
868	868	(A) not later than the seventh day after the date
869	869	on which the person is released or after the date on which the
870	870	person moves from a previous residence to a new residence in this
871	871	state, or not later than the first date the applicable local law
872	872	enforcement authority by policy allows the person to register or
873	873	verify registration, the person must register or verify
874	874	registration with the local law enforcement authority in the
875	875	municipality or county in which the person intends to reside;
876	876	(B) not later than the seventh day after the date
877	877	on which the person is released or the date on which the person
878	878	moves from a previous residence to a new residence in this state,
879	879	the person must, if the person has not moved to an intended
880	880	residence, report to the applicable entity or entities as required
881	881	by Article 65.051 or 65.054;
882	882	(C) not later than the seventh day before the
883	883	date on which the person moves to a new residence in this state or
884	884	another state, the person must report in person to the local law
885	885	enforcement authority designated as the person's registration
886	886	authority and to the officer supervising the person;
887	887	(D) not later than the 10th day after the date on
888	888	which the person arrives in another state in which the person
889	889	intends to reside, the person must register with the law
890	890	enforcement agency that is identified by the department as the
891	891	agency designated in that state to receive registration
892	892	information, if the other state has a registration requirement;
893	893	(E) not later than the 30th day after the date on
894	894	which the person is released, the person must apply to the Texas
895	895	Department of Motor Vehicles [department] in person for the
896	896	issuance of an original or renewal driver's license or personal
897	897	identification certificate and a failure to apply to the Texas
898	898	Department of Motor Vehicles [department] as required by this
899	899	paragraph results in the automatic revocation of any driver's
900	900	license or personal identification certificate issued by the Texas
901	901	Department of Motor Vehicles [department] to the person; and
902	902	(F) the person must notify appropriate entities
903	903	of any change in status as described by Article 65.055;
904	904	(2) require the person to sign a written statement
905	905	confirming that the person was informed of the person's duties as
906	906	described by Subdivision (1) or, if the person refuses to sign the
907	907	statement, certify that the person was so informed;
908	908	(3) obtain the address or, if applicable, a detailed
909	909	description of the geographical location where the person expects
910	910	to reside on the person's release and other registration
911	911	information, including a photograph and complete set of
912	912	fingerprints; and
913	913	(4) complete the registration form for the person.
914	914	SECTION 53. Article 65.058(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
915	915	is amended to read as follows:
916	916	(a) A person subject to registration under this chapter
917	917	shall apply to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [department]
918	918	in person for the issuance of an original or renewal driver's
919	919	license under Section 521.272, Transportation Code, a personal
920	920	identification certificate under Section 521.103, Transportation
921	921	Code, or a commercial driver's license or commercial learner's
922	922	permit under Section 522.033, Transportation Code, not later than
923	923	the 30th day after the date:
924	924	(1) the person is released from a penal institution or
925	925	by a court; or
926	926	(2) the department sends written notice to the person
927	927	of the requirements of this article.
928	928	SECTION 54. Section 1001.056(d), Education Code, is amended
929	929	to read as follows:
930	930	(d) A certificate under this section must:
931	931	(1) be in a form required by the department; and
932	932	(2) include an identifying number by which the
933	933	department, a court, [or] the Department of Public Safety, or the
934	934	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles may verify its authenticity with
935	935	the driving safety provider.
936	936	SECTION 55. Section 1001.058(b), Education Code, is amended
937	937	to read as follows:
938	938	(b) The advisory committee consists of nine members
939	939	appointed for staggered six-year terms by the presiding officer of
940	940	the commission, with the approval of the commission, as follows:
941	941	(1) three driver education providers;
942	942	(2) three driving safety providers;
943	943	(3) one driver education instructor;
944	944	(4) the division head of the Texas Department of Motor
945	945	Vehicles [Public Safety] driver license division or the division
946	946	head's designee; and
947	947	(5) one member of the public.
948	948	SECTION 56. Section 1001.060, Education Code, is amended to
949	949	read as follows:
950	950	Sec. 1001.060. COORDINATION WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR
951	951	VEHICLES [PUBLIC SAFETY]. (a) The department shall enter into a
952	952	memorandum of understanding with the Texas Department of Motor
953	953	Vehicles [Public Safety] for:
954	954	(1) the interagency development of the content of
955	955	driver's license examinations and examination reference materials;
956	956	and
957	957	(2) any other matter the agencies consider
958	958	appropriate.
959	959	(b) The memorandum of understanding must authorize the
960	960	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to share with
961	961	the department any relevant information, including information
962	962	related to examination results.
963	963	SECTION 57. Section 13.002(c), Election Code, is amended to
964	964	read as follows:
965	965	(c) A registration application must include:
966	966	(1) the applicant's first name, middle name, if any,
967	967	last name, and former name, if any;
968	968	(2) the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;
969	969	(3) a statement that the applicant is a United States
970	970	citizen;
971	971	(4) a statement that the applicant is a resident of the
972	972	county;
973	973	(5) a statement that the applicant has not been
974	974	determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate
975	975	jurisdiction to be:
976	976	(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
977	977	(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the
978	978	right to vote;
979	979	(6) a statement that the applicant has not been
980	980	finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon
981	981	eligible for registration under Section 13.001;
982	982	(7) the applicant's residence address or, if the
983	983	residence has no address, the address at which the applicant
984	984	receives mail and a concise description of the location of the
985	985	applicant's residence;
986	986	(8) the following information:
987	987	(A) the applicant's Texas driver's license number
988	988	or the number of a personal identification card issued by the Texas
989	989	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety];
990	990	(B) if the applicant has not been issued a number
991	991	described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's
992	992	social security number; or
993	993	(C) a statement by the applicant that the
994	994	applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or
995	995	(B);
996	996	(9) if the application is made by an agent, a statement
997	997	of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and
998	998	(10) the city and county in which the applicant
999	999	formerly resided.
1000	1000	SECTION 58. Section 13.004(c), Election Code, is amended to
1001	1001	read as follows:
1002	1002	(c) The following information furnished on a registration
1003	1003	application is confidential and does not constitute public
1004	1004	information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code:
1005	1005	(1) a social security number;
1006	1006	(2) a Texas driver's license number;
1007	1007	(3) a number of a personal identification card issued
1008	1008	by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety];
1009	1009	(4) the residence address of the applicant, if the
1010	1010	applicant is a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge,
1011	1011	a marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a United States
1012	1012	attorney, or a state judge, a family member of a federal judge,
1013	1013	including a federal bankruptcy judge, a marshal of the United
1014	1014	States Marshals Service, a United States attorney, or a state
1015	1015	judge, the spouse of a peace officer as defined by Article 2A.001,
1016	1016	Code of Criminal Procedure, or an individual to whom Section
1017	1017	552.1175, Government Code, or Section 521.1211, Transportation
1018	1018	Code, applies and the applicant:
1019	1019	(A) included an affidavit with the registration
1020	1020	application describing the applicant's status under this
1021	1021	subdivision, if the applicant is a federal judge, including a
1022	1022	federal bankruptcy judge, a marshal of the United States Marshals
1023	1023	Service, a United States attorney, or a state judge or a family
1024	1024	member of a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge, a
1025	1025	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a United States
1026	1026	attorney, or a state judge;
1027	1027	(B) provided the registrar with an affidavit
1028	1028	describing the applicant's status under this subdivision, if the
1029	1029	applicant is a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge,
1030	1030	a marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a United States
1031	1031	attorney, or a state judge or a family member of a federal judge,
1032	1032	including a federal bankruptcy judge, a marshal of the United
1033	1033	States Marshals Service, a United States attorney, or a state
1034	1034	judge; or
1035	1035	(C) provided the registrar with a completed form
1036	1036	approved by the secretary of state for the purpose of notifying the
1037	1037	registrar of the applicant's status under this subdivision;
1038	1038	(5) the residence address of the applicant, if the
1039	1039	applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the
1040	1040	applicant's household is a victim of family violence as defined by
1041	1041	Section 71.004, Family Code, who provided the registrar with:
1042	1042	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
1043	1043	Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency
1044	1044	protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure;
1045	1045	or
1046	1046	(B) other independent documentary evidence
1047	1047	necessary to show that the applicant, the applicant's child, or
1048	1048	another person in the applicant's household is a victim of family
1049	1049	violence;
1050	1050	(6) the residence address of the applicant, if the
1051	1051	applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the
1052	1052	applicant's household is a victim of sexual assault or abuse,
1053	1053	stalking, or trafficking of persons who provided the registrar
1054	1054	with:
1055	1055	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
1056	1056	Subchapter A or B, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a
1057	1057	magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article
1058	1058	17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
1059	1059	(B) other independent documentary evidence
1060	1060	necessary to show that the applicant, the applicant's child, or
1061	1061	another person in the applicant's household is a victim of sexual
1062	1062	assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons;
1063	1063	(7) the residence address of the applicant, if the
1064	1064	applicant:
1065	1065	(A) is a participant in the address
1066	1066	confidentiality program administered by the attorney general under
1067	1067	Subchapter B, Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure; and
1068	1068	(B) provided the registrar with proof of
1069	1069	certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
1070	1070	(8) the telephone number of any applicant submitting
1071	1071	documentation under Subdivision (4), (5), (6), or (7).
1072	1072	SECTION 59. Section 13.072(a), Election Code, is amended to
1073	1073	read as follows:
1074	1074	(a) Unless the registrar challenges the applicant, the
1075	1075	registrar shall approve the application if:
1076	1076	(1) the registrar determines that an application
1077	1077	complies with Section 13.002 and indicates that the applicant is
1078	1078	eligible for registration; and
1079	1079	(2) for an applicant who has not included a statement
1080	1080	described by Section 13.002(c)(8)(C), the registrar verifies with
1081	1081	the secretary of state:
1082	1082	(A) the applicant's Texas driver's license number
1083	1083	or number of a personal identification card issued by the Texas
1084	1084	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]; or
1085	1085	(B) the last four digits of the applicant's
1086	1086	social security number.
1087	1087	SECTION 60. Section 13.122(a), Election Code, is amended to
1088	1088	read as follows:
1089	1089	(a) In addition to the other statements and spaces for
1090	1090	entering information that appear on an officially prescribed
1091	1091	registration application form, each official form must include:
1092	1092	(1) the statement: "I understand that giving false
1093	1093	information to procure a voter registration is perjury and a crime
1094	1094	under state and federal law.";
1095	1095	(2) a space for the applicant's registration number;
1096	1096	(3) a space for the applicant's Texas driver's license
1097	1097	number or number of a personal identification card issued by the
1098	1098	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety];
1099	1099	(4) a space for the applicant's telephone number;
1100	1100	(5) a space for the applicant's social security
1101	1101	number;
1102	1102	(6) a space for the applicant's sex;
1103	1103	(7) a statement indicating that the furnishing of the
1104	1104	applicant's telephone number and sex is optional;
1105	1105	(8) a space or box for indicating whether the
1106	1106	applicant or voter is submitting new registration information or a
1107	1107	change in current registration information;
1108	1108	(9) a statement instructing a voter who is using the
1109	1109	form to make a change in current registration information to enter
1110	1110	the voter's name and the changed information in the appropriate
1111	1111	spaces on the form;
1112	1112	(10) a statement that if the applicant declines to
1113	1113	register to vote, that fact will remain confidential and will be
1114	1114	used only for voter registration purposes;
1115	1115	(11) a statement that if the applicant does register
1116	1116	to vote, information regarding the agency or office to which the
1117	1117	application is submitted will remain confidential and will be used
1118	1118	only for voter registration purposes;
1119	1119	(12) a space or box for indicating whether the
1120	1120	applicant is interested in working as an election judge;
1121	1121	(13) a statement warning that a conviction for making
1122	1122	a false statement may result in imprisonment for up to the maximum
1123	1123	amount of time provided by law, a fine of up to the maximum amount
1124	1124	provided by law, or both the imprisonment and the fine; and
1125	1125	(14) any other voter registration information
1126	1126	required by federal law or considered appropriate and required by
1127	1127	the secretary of state.
1128	1128	SECTION 61. Section 15.054(a), Election Code, is amended to
1129	1129	read as follows:
1130	1130	(a) For purposes of Section 15.053, a voter's residence may
1131	1131	be documented by providing a photocopy of the first document,
1132	1132	beginning with Subdivision (1) and continuing through Subdivision
1133	1133	(6), in the following list that corresponds to the voter's
1134	1134	residence under Section 1.015:
1135	1135	(1) a driver's license issued to the voter by the Texas
1136	1136	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] that has not expired
1137	1137	or, if the voter has notified the department of a change of address
1138	1138	under Section 521.054, Transportation Code, an affidavit from the
1139	1139	voter stating the new address contained in the notification;
1140	1140	(2) a personal identification card issued to the voter
1141	1141	by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] that has
1142	1142	not expired or, if the voter has notified the department of a change
1143	1143	of address under Section 521.054, Transportation Code, an affidavit
1144	1144	from the voter stating the new address contained in the
1145	1145	notification;
1146	1146	(3) a license to carry a concealed handgun issued to
1147	1147	the voter by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired
1148	1148	or, if the voter has notified the department of a change of address
1149	1149	under Section 411.181, Government Code, an affidavit from the voter
1150	1150	stating the new address contained in the notification;
1151	1151	(4) an appraisal district document showing the address
1152	1152	the voter claims as a homestead in this state;
1153	1153	(5) a utility bill addressed to the voter's residence
1154	1154	address; or
1155	1155	(6) an official tax document or Texas Department of
1156	1156	Motor Vehicles document showing the registration address of a
1157	1157	vehicle the voter owns.
1158	1158	SECTION 62. Section 16.031(a), Election Code, is amended to
1159	1159	read as follows:
1160	1160	(a) The registrar shall cancel a voter's registration
1161	1161	immediately on receipt of:
1162	1162	(1) notice under Section 13.072(b), 15.021, or
1163	1163	18.0681(d) or a response under Section 15.053 that the voter's
1164	1164	residence is outside the county;
1165	1165	(2) an abstract of the voter's death certificate under
1166	1166	Section 16.001(a) or an abstract of an application indicating that
1167	1167	the voter is deceased under Section 16.001(b);
1168	1168	(3) an abstract of a final judgment of the voter's
1169	1169	total mental incapacity, partial mental incapacity without the
1170	1170	right to vote, conviction of a felony, or disqualification under
1171	1171	Section 16.002, 16.003, or 16.004;
1172	1172	(4) notice under Section 112.012 that the voter has
1173	1173	applied for a limited ballot in another county;
1174	1174	(5) notice from a voter registration official in
1175	1175	another state that the voter has registered to vote outside this
1176	1176	state;
1177	1177	(6) notice from the early voting clerk under Section
1178	1178	101.053 that a federal postcard application submitted by an
1179	1179	applicant states a voting residence address located outside the
1180	1180	registrar's county; or
1181	1181	(7) notice from the secretary of state that the voter
1182	1182	has registered to vote in another county, as determined by the
1183	1183	voter's driver's license number or personal identification card
1184	1184	number issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1185	1185	Safety] or social security number.
1186	1186	SECTION 63. Section 20.001(b), Election Code, is amended to
1187	1187	read as follows:
1188	1188	(b) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
1189	1189	is designated as a voter registration agency.
1190	1190	SECTION 64. The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 20,
1191	1191	Election Code, is amended to read as follows:
1192	1192	SUBCHAPTER C. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES [PUBLIC SAFETY]
1193	1193	SECTION 65. Section 20.061, Election Code, is amended to
1194	1194	read as follows:
1195	1195	Sec. 20.061. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS. The other
1196	1196	provisions of this chapter apply to the Texas Department of Motor
1197	1197	Vehicles [Public Safety] except provisions that conflict with this
1198	1198	subchapter.
1199	1199	SECTION 66. Section 20.062(a), Election Code, is amended to
1200	1200	read as follows:
1201	1201	(a) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
1202	1202	shall prescribe and use a form and procedure that combines the
1203	1203	department's application form for a license or card with an
1204	1204	officially prescribed voter registration application form.
1205	1205	SECTION 67. Section 20.063(a), Election Code, is amended to
1206	1206	read as follows:
1207	1207	(a) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
1208	1208	shall provide to each person who applies in person at the
1209	1209	department's offices for an original or renewal of a driver's
1210	1210	license, a personal identification card, or a duplicate or
1211	1211	corrected license or card an opportunity to complete a voter
1212	1212	registration application form.
1213	1213	SECTION 68. Section 20.064, Election Code, is amended to
1214	1214	read as follows:
1215	1215	Sec. 20.064. DECLINATION FORM NOT REQUIRED. The Texas
1216	1216	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] is not required to
1217	1217	comply with the procedures prescribed by this chapter relating to
1218	1218	the form for a declination of voter registration.
1219	1219	SECTION 69. Section 20.065(a), Election Code, is amended to
1220	1220	read as follows:
1221	1221	(a) At the end of each day a Texas Department of Motor
1222	1222	Vehicles [Public Safety] office is regularly open for business, the
1223	1223	manager of the office shall deliver by mail or in person to the
1224	1224	voter registrar of the county in which the office is located each
1225	1225	completed voter registration application and applicable change of
1226	1226	address submitted to a department employee.
1227	1227	SECTION 70. Section 20.066(a), Election Code, is amended to
1228	1228	read as follows:
1229	1229	(a) If a person completes a voter registration application
1230	1230	as provided by Section 20.063, the Texas Department of Motor
1231	1231	Vehicles [Public Safety] shall:
1232	1232	(1) input the information provided on the application
1233	1233	into the department's electronic data system; and
1234	1234	(2) inform the applicant that the applicant's
1235	1235	electronic signature provided to the department will be used for
1236	1236	submitting the applicant's voter registration application.
1237	1237	SECTION 71. Section 31.013(b), Election Code, is amended to
1238	1238	read as follows:
1239	1239	(b) In establishing the program, the secretary of state
1240	1240	shall consult with the Department of Public Safety and Texas
1241	1241	Department of Motor Vehicles on the creation of the program,
1242	1242	security relating to the issuance of an election identification
1243	1243	certificate, best practices in issuing an election identification
1244	1244	certificate, and equipment required to issue an election
1245	1245	identification certificate.
1246	1246	SECTION 72. Section 63.0101(a), Election Code, is amended
1247	1247	to read as follows:
1248	1248	(a) The following documentation is an acceptable form of
1249	1249	photo identification under this chapter:
1250	1250	(1) a driver's license, election identification
1251	1251	certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person
1252	1252	by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] that has
1253	1253	not expired or that expired no earlier than four years before the
1254	1254	date of presentation;
1255	1255	(2) a United States military identification card that
1256	1256	contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that
1257	1257	expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation;
1258	1258	(3) a United States citizenship certificate issued to
1259	1259	the person that contains the person's photograph;
1260	1260	(4) a United States passport book or card issued to the
1261	1261	person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four
1262	1262	years before the date of presentation; or
1263	1263	(5) a license to carry a handgun issued to the person
1264	1264	by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that
1265	1265	expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation.
1266	1266	SECTION 73. Section 65.060, Election Code, is amended to
1267	1267	read as follows:
1268	1268	Sec. 65.060. DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY, DRIVER'S
1269	1269	LICENSE, OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON PROVISIONAL BALLOT
1270	1270	AFFIDAVIT. A social security number, Texas driver's license
1271	1271	number, or number of a personal identification card issued by the
1272	1272	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] furnished on a
1273	1273	provisional ballot affidavit is confidential and does not
1274	1274	constitute public information for purposes of Chapter 552,
1275	1275	Government Code. The general custodian of election records shall
1276	1276	ensure that a social security number, Texas driver's license
1277	1277	number, or number of a personal identification card issued by the
1278	1278	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] is excluded from
1279	1279	disclosure.
1280	1280	SECTION 74. Section 84.002(a), Election Code, is amended to
1281	1281	read as follows:
1282	1282	(a) An early voting ballot application must include:
1283	1283	(1) the applicant's name and the address at which the
1284	1284	applicant is registered to vote;
1285	1285	(1-a) the following information:
1286	1286	(A) the number of the applicant's driver's
1287	1287	license, election identification certificate, or personal
1288	1288	identification card issued by the Texas Department of Motor
1289	1289	Vehicles [Public Safety];
1290	1290	(B) if the applicant has not been issued a number
1291	1291	described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's
1292	1292	social security number; or
1293	1293	(C) a statement by the applicant that the
1294	1294	applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or
1295	1295	(B);
1296	1296	(2) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail
1297	1297	on the ground of absence from the county of residence, the address
1298	1298	outside the applicant's county of residence to which the ballot is
1299	1299	to be mailed;
1300	1300	(3) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail
1301	1301	on the ground of age or disability, the address of the hospital,
1302	1302	nursing home or other long-term care facility, or retirement
1303	1303	center, or of a person related to the applicant within the second
1304	1304	degree by affinity or the third degree by consanguinity, as
1305	1305	determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, if the applicant is
1306	1306	living at that address and that address is different from the
1307	1307	address at which the applicant is registered to vote;
1308	1308	(4) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail
1309	1309	on the ground of confinement in jail, the address of the jail or of a
1310	1310	person related to the applicant within the degree described by
1311	1311	Subdivision (3);
1312	1312	(5) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail
1313	1313	on any ground, an indication of each election for which the
1314	1314	applicant is applying for a ballot;
1315	1315	(6) an indication of the ground of eligibility for
1316	1316	early voting; and
1317	1317	(7) for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail
1318	1318	on the ground of involuntary civil commitment, the address of the
1319	1319	facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Civil
1320	1320	Commitment Office or of a person related to the applicant within the
1321	1321	degree of consanguinity described by Subdivision (3).
1322	1322	SECTION 75. Section 86.002(g), Election Code, is amended to
1323	1323	read as follows:
1324	1324	(g) The carrier envelope must include a space that is hidden
1325	1325	from view when the envelope is sealed for the voter to enter the
1326	1326	following information:
1327	1327	(1) the number of the voter's driver's license,
1328	1328	election identification certificate, or personal identification
1329	1329	card issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1330	1330	Safety];
1331	1331	(2) if the voter has not been issued a number described
1332	1332	by Subdivision (1), the last four digits of the voter's social
1333	1333	security number; or
1334	1334	(3) a statement by the applicant that the applicant
1335	1335	has not been issued a number described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
1336	1336	SECTION 76. Section 86.015(b), Election Code, is amended to
1337	1337	read as follows:
1338	1338	(b) The online tool developed or provided under Subsection
1339	1339	(a) must require the voter to provide, before permitting the voter
1340	1340	to access information described by that subsection:
1341	1341	(1) the voter's name and date of birth and the last
1342	1342	four digits of the voter's social security number; and
1343	1343	(2) the voter's:
1344	1344	(A) driver's license number; or
1345	1345	(B) personal identification card number issued
1346	1346	by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety].
1347	1347	SECTION 77. Section 2.005(b), Family Code, is amended to
1348	1348	read as follows:
1349	1349	(b) The proof must be established by:
1350	1350	(1) a driver's license or identification card issued
1351	1351	by this state, another state, or a Canadian province that is current
1352	1352	or has expired not more than two years preceding the date the
1353	1353	identification is submitted to the county clerk in connection with
1354	1354	an application for a license;
1355	1355	(2) a United States passport;
1356	1356	(3) a current passport issued by a foreign country or a
1357	1357	consular document issued by a state or national government;
1358	1358	(4) an unexpired Certificate of United States
1359	1359	Citizenship, Certificate of Naturalization, United States Citizen
1360	1360	Identification Card, Permanent Resident Card, Temporary Resident
1361	1361	Card, Employment Authorization Card, or other document issued by
1362	1362	the federal Department of Homeland Security or the United States
1363	1363	Department of State including an identification photograph;
1364	1364	(5) an unexpired military identification card for
1365	1365	active duty, reserve, or retired personnel with an identification
1366	1366	photograph;
1367	1367	(6) an original or certified copy of a birth
1368	1368	certificate issued by a bureau of vital statistics for a state or a
1369	1369	foreign government;
1370	1370	(7) an original or certified copy of a Consular Report
1371	1371	of Birth Abroad or Certificate of Birth Abroad issued by the United
1372	1372	States Department of State;
1373	1373	(8) an original or certified copy of a court order
1374	1374	relating to the applicant's name change or sex change;
1375	1375	(9) school records from a secondary school or
1376	1376	institution of higher education;
1377	1377	(10) an insurance policy continuously valid for the
1378	1378	two years preceding the date of the application for a license;
1379	1379	(11) a motor vehicle certificate of title;
1380	1380	(12) military records, including documentation of
1381	1381	release or discharge from active duty or a draft record;
1382	1382	(13) an unexpired military dependent identification
1383	1383	card;
1384	1384	(14) an original or certified copy of the applicant's
1385	1385	marriage license or divorce decree;
1386	1386	(15) a voter registration certificate;
1387	1387	(16) a pilot's license issued by the Federal Aviation
1388	1388	Administration or another authorized agency of the United States;
1389	1389	(17) a license to carry a handgun under Subchapter H,
1390	1390	Chapter 411, Government Code;
1391	1391	(18) a temporary identification card issued by the
1392	1392	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]; or
1393	1393	(19) an offender identification card issued by the
1394	1394	Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
1395	1395	SECTION 78. Sections 54.042(a), (b), (f), and (g), Family
1396	1396	Code, are amended to read as follows:
1397	1397	(a) A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section
1398	1398	54.04, shall:
1399	1399	(1) order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
1400	1400	[Public Safety] to suspend a child's driver's license or permit, or
1401	1401	if the child does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance
1402	1402	of a license or permit to the child if the court finds that the child
1403	1403	has engaged in conduct that:
1404	1404	(A) violates a law of this state enumerated in
1405	1405	Section 521.342(a), Transportation Code; or
1406	1406	(B) violates a penal law of this state or the
1407	1407	United States, an element or elements of which involve a severe form
1408	1408	of trafficking in persons, as defined by 22 U.S.C. Section 7102; or
1409	1409	(2) notify the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
1410	1410	[Public Safety] of the adjudication, if the court finds that the
1411	1411	child has engaged in conduct that violates a law of this state
1412	1412	enumerated in Section 521.372(a), Transportation Code.
1413	1413	(b) A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section
1414	1414	54.04, may order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1415	1415	Safety] to suspend a child's driver's license or permit or, if the
1416	1416	child does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a
1417	1417	license or permit to the child, if the court finds that the child
1418	1418	has engaged in conduct that violates Section 28.08, Penal Code.
1419	1419	(f) A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section
1420	1420	54.04, may order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1421	1421	Safety] to suspend a child's driver's license or permit or, if the
1422	1422	child does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a
1423	1423	license or permit to the child for a period not to exceed 12 months
1424	1424	if the court finds that the child has engaged in conduct in need of
1425	1425	supervision or delinquent conduct other than the conduct described
1426	1426	by Subsection (a).
1427	1427	(g) A juvenile court that places a child on probation under
1428	1428	Section 54.04 may require as a reasonable condition of the
1429	1429	probation that if the child violates the probation, the court may
1430	1430	order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to
1431	1431	suspend the child's driver's license or permit or, if the child does
1432	1432	not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license or
1433	1433	permit to the child for a period not to exceed 12 months. The court
1434	1434	may make this order if a child that is on probation under this
1435	1435	condition violates the probation. A suspension under this
1436	1436	subsection is cumulative of any other suspension under this
1437	1437	section.
1438	1438	SECTION 79. Section 54.0482(c), Family Code, is amended to
1439	1439	read as follows:
1440	1440	(c) On or before the fifth anniversary of the date the
1441	1441	juvenile probation department receives a payment for a victim that
1442	1442	is not claimed by the victim, the department shall make and document
1443	1443	a good faith effort to locate and notify the victim that an
1444	1444	unclaimed payment exists, including:
1445	1445	(1) confirming, if possible, the victim's most recent
1446	1446	address with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1447	1447	Safety]; and
1448	1448	(2) making at least one additional certified mailing
1449	1449	to the victim.
1450	1450	SECTION 80. Section 65.103(c), Family Code, is amended to
1451	1451	read as follows:
1452	1452	(c) In addition to any other order authorized by this
1453	1453	section, a truancy court may order the Texas Department of Motor
1454	1454	Vehicles [Public Safety] to suspend the driver's license or permit
1455	1455	of a child who has been found to have engaged in truant conduct. If
1456	1456	the child does not have a driver's license or permit, the court may
1457	1457	order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to
1458	1458	deny the issuance of a license or permit to the child. The period of
1459	1459	the license or permit suspension or the order that the issuance of a
1460	1460	license or permit be denied may not extend beyond the maximum time
1461	1461	period that a remedial order is effective as provided by Section
1462	1462	65.104.
1463	1463	SECTION 81. Section 65.251(a), Family Code, is amended to
1464	1464	read as follows:
1465	1465	(a) If a child fails to obey an order issued by a truancy
1466	1466	court under Section 65.103(a) or a child is in direct contempt of
1467	1467	court, the truancy court, after providing notice and an opportunity
1468	1468	for a hearing, may hold the child in contempt of court and order
1469	1469	either or both of the following:
1470	1470	(1) that the child pay a fine not to exceed $100; or
1471	1471	(2) that the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
1472	1472	[Public Safety] suspend the child's driver's license or permit or,
1473	1473	if the child does not have a license or permit, order that the Texas
1474	1474	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] deny the issuance of a
1475	1475	license or permit to the child until the child fully complies with
1476	1476	the court's orders.
1477	1477	SECTION 82. Sections 203.007(b) and (g), Family Code, are
1478	1478	amended to read as follows:
1479	1479	(b) A domestic relations office is entitled to obtain from
1480	1480	the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public
1481	1481	Safety records that relate to:
1482	1482	(1) a person's date of birth;
1483	1483	(2) a person's most recent address;
1484	1484	(3) a person's current driver's license status;
1485	1485	(4) motor vehicle collisions involving a person;
1486	1486	(5) reported traffic-law violations of which a person
1487	1487	has been convicted; and
1488	1488	(6) a person's criminal history record information.
1489	1489	(g) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department
1490	1490	of Public Safety, the Texas Workforce Commission, or the office of
1491	1491	the secretary of state may charge a domestic relations office a fee
1492	1492	not to exceed the charge paid by the Title IV-D agency for
1493	1493	furnishing records under this section.
1494	1494	SECTION 83. Section 264.1213, Family Code, is amended to
1495	1495	read as follows:
1496	1496	Sec. 264.1213. RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS FOR CHILDREN AGING OUT
1497	1497	OF FOSTER CARE. The department in cooperation with volunteer
1498	1498	advocates from a charitable organization described by Subchapter C,
1499	1499	Chapter 107, and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1500	1500	Safety] shall develop procedures to ensure that a foster child
1501	1501	obtains a driver's license or personal identification card before
1502	1502	the child leaves the conservatorship of the department.
1503	1503	SECTION 84. Section 277.002(a), Finance Code, is amended to
1504	1504	read as follows:
1505	1505	(a) A financial institution shall require, as a condition of
1506	1506	opening or maintaining a business checking account, that the
1507	1507	applicant or account holder provide:
1508	1508	(1) if the business is a sole proprietorship:
1509	1509	(A) the name of the business owner;
1510	1510	(B) the physical address of the business;
1511	1511	(C) the home address of the business owner; and
1512	1512	(D) the driver's license number of the business
1513	1513	owner or the personal identification card number issued to the
1514	1514	business owner by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1515	1515	Safety]; or
1516	1516	(2) if the business is a corporation or other legal
1517	1517	entity, a copy of the business's certificate of incorporation or a
1518	1518	comparable document and an assumed name certificate, if any.
1519	1519	SECTION 85. Sections 62.001(a), (f), (h), and (i),
1520	1520	Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
1521	1521	(a) The jury wheel must be reconstituted by using, as the
1522	1522	source:
1523	1523	(1) the names of all persons on the current voter
1524	1524	registration lists from all the precincts in the county; and
1525	1525	(2) all names on a current list to be furnished by the
1526	1526	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety], showing the
1527	1527	citizens of the county who:
1528	1528	(A) hold a valid Texas driver's license or a
1529	1529	valid personal identification card or certificate issued by the
1530	1530	department; and
1531	1531	(B) are not disqualified from jury service under
1532	1532	Section 62.102(1), (2), or (8).
1533	1533	(f) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
1534	1534	shall furnish a list to the secretary of state that shows the names
1535	1535	required under Subsection (a)(2) and that contains any of the
1536	1536	information enumerated in Subsection (c) that is available to the
1537	1537	department, including citizenship status and county of residence.
1538	1538	The list shall exclude the names of convicted felons, persons who
1539	1539	are not citizens of the United States, persons residing outside the
1540	1540	county, and the duplicate name of any registrant. The department
1541	1541	shall furnish the list to the secretary of state on or before the
1542	1542	first Monday in October of each year.
1543	1543	(h) If the secretary of state is unable to furnish the list
1544	1544	as provided in this section because of the failure of the voter
1545	1545	registrar to furnish the county voter registration list to the
1546	1546	secretary of state, the county tax assessor-collector, sheriff,
1547	1547	county clerk, and district clerk in the county shall meet at the
1548	1548	county courthouse between January 1 and January 15 of the following
1549	1549	year and shall reconstitute the jury wheel for the county, except as
1550	1550	provided under a plan adopted under Section 62.011. The deadlines
1551	1551	included in the plan control for preparing the list and
1552	1552	reconstituting the wheel. The secretary of state shall send the
1553	1553	list furnished by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1554	1554	Safety] as provided by Subsection (f) to the voter registrar, who
1555	1555	shall combine the lists as described in this section for use as the
1556	1556	juror source and certify the combined list as required of the
1557	1557	secretary of state under Subsection (g).
1558	1558	(i) The commissioners court may, instead of using the method
1559	1559	provided by Subsections (c) through (h), contract with another
1560	1560	governmental unit or a private person to combine the voter
1561	1561	registration list with the list furnished by the Texas Department
1562	1562	of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]. Subsections (c) through (h) do
1563	1563	not apply to a county in which the commissioners court has
1564	1564	contracted with another governmental unit or a private person under
1565	1565	this subsection. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1566	1566	Safety] may not charge a fee for furnishing a list under this
1567	1567	subsection. Each list must contain the name, date of birth,
1568	1568	address, county of residence, and citizenship status of each person
1569	1569	listed. If practical, each list must contain any other information
1570	1570	useful in determining if the person is qualified to serve as a
1571	1571	juror.
1572	1572	SECTION 86. Section 72.016, Government Code, is amended to
1573	1573	read as follows:
1574	1574	Sec. 72.016. NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE FOR JUDICIAL PRIVACY.
1575	1575	The director shall develop a procedure to regularly notify county
1576	1576	registrars, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety],
1577	1577	the Texas Ethics Commission, and any other state agency the office
1578	1578	determines should be notified of the judges, judges' spouses, and
1579	1579	related family members whose personal information must be kept from
1580	1580	public records, as provided under Sections 552.117 and 572.035 of
1581	1581	this code, Sections 13.0021 and 15.0215, Election Code, and Section
1582	1582	521.121, Transportation Code.
1583	1583	SECTION 87. Section 411.0201(a), Government Code, is
1584	1584	amended to read as follows:
1585	1585	(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the department may
1586	1586	photograph, microphotograph, or film [any record in connection with
1587	1587	the issuance of a driver's license or commercial driver's license
1588	1588	and] any record of any division of the department.
1589	1589	SECTION 88. Section 411.082(2), Government Code, is amended
1590	1590	to read as follows:
1591	1591	(2) "Criminal history record information" means
1592	1592	information collected about a person by a criminal justice agency
1593	1593	that consists of identifiable descriptions and notations of
1594	1594	arrests, detentions, indictments, informations, and other formal
1595	1595	criminal charges and their dispositions. The term does not
1596	1596	include:
1597	1597	(A) identification information, including
1598	1598	fingerprint records, to the extent that the identification
1599	1599	information does not indicate involvement of the person in the
1600	1600	criminal justice system; or
1601	1601	(B) driving record information maintained by the
1602	1602	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [department] under Subchapter C,
1603	1603	Chapter 521, Transportation Code.
1604	1604	SECTION 89. Section 411.174(b), Government Code, is amended
1605	1605	to read as follows:
1606	1606	(b) An applicant must provide on the application a statement
1607	1607	of the applicant's:
1608	1608	(1) full name and place and date of birth;
1609	1609	(2) race and sex;
1610	1610	(3) residence and business addresses for the preceding
1611	1611	five years;
1612	1612	(4) hair and eye color;
1613	1613	(5) height and weight;
1614	1614	(6) driver's license number or identification
1615	1615	certificate number issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
1616	1616	[department];
1617	1617	(7) criminal history record information of the type
1618	1618	maintained by the department under this chapter, including a list
1619	1619	of offenses for which the applicant was arrested, charged, or under
1620	1620	an information or indictment and the disposition of the offenses;
1621	1621	and
1622	1622	(8) history, if any, of treatment received by,
1623	1623	commitment to, or residence in:
1624	1624	(A) a drug or alcohol treatment center licensed
1625	1625	to provide drug or alcohol treatment under the laws of this state or
1626	1626	another state, but only if the treatment, commitment, or residence
1627	1627	occurred during the preceding five years; or
1628	1628	(B) a psychiatric hospital.
1629	1629	SECTION 90. Section 411.179(a), Government Code, is amended
1630	1630	to read as follows:
1631	1631	(a) The department by rule shall adopt the form of the
1632	1632	license. A license must include:
1633	1633	(1) a number assigned to the license holder by the
1634	1634	department;
1635	1635	(2) a statement of the period for which the license is
1636	1636	effective;
1637	1637	(3) a photograph of the license holder;
1638	1638	(4) the license holder's full name, date of birth, hair
1639	1639	and eye color, height, weight, and signature;
1640	1640	(5) the license holder's residence address or, as
1641	1641	provided by Subsection (d), the street address of the courthouse in
1642	1642	which the license holder or license holder's spouse or parent
1643	1643	serves as a federal judge or the license holder serves as a state
1644	1644	judge;
1645	1645	(6) the number of a driver's license or an
1646	1646	identification certificate issued to the license holder by the
1647	1647	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [department];
1648	1648	(7) the designation "VETERAN" if required under
1649	1649	Subsection (e);
1650	1650	(8) any at-risk designation for which the license
1651	1651	holder has established eligibility under Section 411.184; and
1652	1652	(9) if applicable, a protective order designation
1653	1653	under Section 411.1735.
1654	1654	SECTION 91. Section 411.205, Government Code, is amended to
1655	1655	read as follows:
1656	1656	Sec. 411.205. REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY LICENSE. If a license
1657	1657	holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license holder's person
1658	1658	when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that the license holder
1659	1659	display identification, the license holder shall display:
1660	1660	(1) both the license holder's driver's license or
1661	1661	identification certificate issued by the Texas Department of Motor
1662	1662	Vehicles [department] and the license holder's handgun license; and
1663	1663	(2) if the license holder's handgun license bears a
1664	1664	protective order designation, a copy of the applicable court order
1665	1665	under which the license holder is protected.
1666	1666	SECTION 92. Sections 501.0165(a), (c), and (d), Government
1667	1667	Code, are amended to read as follows:
1668	1668	(a) Before discharging an inmate or releasing an inmate on
1669	1669	parole, mandatory supervision, or conditional pardon, the
1670	1670	department shall:
1671	1671	(1) determine whether the inmate has:
1672	1672	(A) a valid license issued under Chapter 521 or
1673	1673	522, Transportation Code; or
1674	1674	(B) a valid personal identification certificate
1675	1675	issued under Chapter 521, Transportation Code; and
1676	1676	(2) if the inmate does not have a valid license or
1677	1677	certificate described by Subdivision (1), submit to the Texas
1678	1678	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] on behalf of the
1679	1679	inmate a request for the issuance of a personal identification
1680	1680	certificate under Chapter 521, Transportation Code.
1681	1681	(c) The department, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
1682	1682	[Public Safety], and the bureau of vital statistics of the
1683	1683	Department of State Health Services shall by rule adopt a
1684	1684	memorandum of understanding that establishes their respective
1685	1685	responsibilities with respect to the issuance of a personal
1686	1686	identification certificate to an inmate, including
1687	1687	responsibilities related to verification of the inmate's identity.
1688	1688	The memorandum of understanding must require the Department of
1689	1689	State Health Services to electronically verify the birth record of
1690	1690	an inmate whose name and any other personal information is provided
1691	1691	by the department and to electronically report the recorded filing
1692	1692	information to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1693	1693	Safety] to validate the identity of an inmate under this section.
1694	1694	(d) The department shall reimburse the Texas Department of
1695	1695	Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] or the Department of State Health
1696	1696	Services for the actual costs incurred by those agencies in
1697	1697	performing responsibilities established under this section. The
1698	1698	department may charge an inmate for the actual costs incurred under
1699	1699	this section or the fees required by Section 521.421,
1700	1700	Transportation Code.
1701	1701	SECTION 93. Section 509.004(a), Government Code, is amended
1702	1702	to read as follows:
1703	1703	(a) The division shall require each department to:
1704	1704	(1) keep financial and statistical records determined
1705	1705	necessary by the division;
1706	1706	(2) submit a strategic plan and all supporting
1707	1707	information requested by the division;
1708	1708	(3) present data requested by the division as
1709	1709	necessary to determine the amount of state aid for which the
1710	1710	department is eligible;
1711	1711	(4) submit periodic financial audits and statistical
1712	1712	reports to the division; and
1713	1713	(5) submit to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
1714	1714	[Public Safety] the full name, address, date of birth, social
1715	1715	security number, and driver's license number of each person
1716	1716	restricted to the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with a
1717	1717	device that uses a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism to make
1718	1718	impractical the operation of the motor vehicle if ethyl alcohol is
1719	1719	detected in the breath of the restricted operator.
1720	1720	SECTION 94. Section 526.0356(a), Government Code, as
1721	1721	effective April 1, 2025, is amended to read as follows:
1722	1722	(a) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to ensure
1723	1723	the safe and efficient provision of nonemergency transportation
1724	1724	services under this subchapter. The rules must:
1725	1725	(1) include minimum standards regarding the physical
1726	1726	condition and maintenance of motor vehicles used to provide the
1727	1727	services, including standards regarding the accessibility of motor
1728	1728	vehicles by individuals with disabilities;
1729	1729	(2) require a regional contracted broker to:
1730	1730	(A) verify that each motor vehicle operator
1731	1731	providing the services or seeking to provide the services has a
1732	1732	valid driver's license;
1733	1733	(B) check the driving record information
1734	1734	maintained by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1735	1735	Safety] under Subchapter C, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, of
1736	1736	each motor vehicle operator providing the services or seeking to
1737	1737	provide the services; and
1738	1738	(C) check the public criminal record information
1739	1739	maintained by the Department of Public Safety and made available to
1740	1740	the public through the department's Internet website of each motor
1741	1741	vehicle operator providing the services or seeking to provide the
1742	1742	services; and
1743	1743	(3) include training requirements for motor vehicle
1744	1744	operators providing the services through a regional contracted
1745	1745	broker, including training on:
1746	1746	(A) passenger safety;
1747	1747	(B) passenger assistance;
1748	1748	(C) assistive devices, including wheelchair
1749	1749	lifts, tie-down equipment, and child safety seats;
1750	1750	(D) sensitivity and diversity;
1751	1751	(E) customer service;
1752	1752	(F) defensive driving techniques; and
1753	1753	(G) prohibited behavior by motor vehicle
1754	1754	operators.
1755	1755	SECTION 95. Section 526.0357(a), Government Code, as
1756	1756	effective April 1, 2025, is amended to read as follows:
1757	1757	(a) The commission shall enter into a memorandum of
1758	1758	understanding with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [and the
1759	1759	Department of Public Safety] for purposes of obtaining the motor
1760	1760	vehicle registration and driver's license information of a medical
1761	1761	transportation services provider, including a regional contracted
1762	1762	broker and a subcontractor of the broker, to confirm the provider
1763	1763	complies with applicable requirements adopted under Section
1764	1764	526.0356(a).
1765	1765	SECTION 96. Section 540A.0152(d), Government Code, as
1766	1766	effective April 1, 2025, is amended to read as follows:
1767	1767	(d) The rules may not permit a motor vehicle operator to
1768	1768	provide nonmedical transportation services if the operator:
1769	1769	(1) has been convicted in the three-year period
1770	1770	preceding the issue date of the driving record obtained under
1771	1771	Subsection (c)(4) of:
1772	1772	(A) more than three offenses the Texas Department
1773	1773	of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] classifies as moving violations;
1774	1774	or
1775	1775	(B) one or more of the following offenses:
1776	1776	(i) fleeing or attempting to elude a police
1777	1777	officer under Section 545.421, Transportation Code;
1778	1778	(ii) reckless driving under Section
1779	1779	545.401, Transportation Code;
1780	1780	(iii) driving without a valid driver's
1781	1781	license under Section 521.025, Transportation Code; or
1782	1782	(iv) driving with an invalid driver's
1783	1783	license under Section 521.457, Transportation Code;
1784	1784	(2) has been convicted in the preceding seven-year
1785	1785	period of any of the following:
1786	1786	(A) driving while intoxicated under Section
1787	1787	49.04 or 49.045, Penal Code;
1788	1788	(B) use of a motor vehicle to commit a felony;
1789	1789	(C) a felony crime involving property damage;
1790	1790	(D) fraud;
1791	1791	(E) theft;
1792	1792	(F) an act of violence; or
1793	1793	(G) an act of terrorism; or
1794	1794	(3) is found to be registered in the national sex
1795	1795	offender public website the United States Department of Justice or
1796	1796	a successor agency maintains.
1797	1797	SECTION 97. Section 546.0209, Government Code, as effective
1798	1798	April 1, 2025, is amended to read as follows:
1799	1799	Sec. 546.0209. REQUIREMENTS OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN ON
1800	1800	CHILD'S ADMISSION TO CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS. On the admission of a
1801	1801	child to an institution described by Section 546.0201(4)(A), (B),
1802	1802	or (D), the commission shall require the child's parent or guardian
1803	1803	to submit:
1804	1804	(1) an admission form that includes:
1805	1805	(A) the parent's or guardian's:
1806	1806	(i) name, address, and telephone number;
1807	1807	(ii) driver's license number and state of
1808	1808	issuance or personal identification card number the Texas
1809	1809	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] issued; and
1810	1810	(iii) place of employment and the
1811	1811	employer's address and telephone number; and
1812	1812	(B) the name, address, and telephone number of a
1813	1813	relative of the child or other individual whom the commission or
1814	1814	institution may contact in an emergency, a statement indicating the
1815	1815	relation between that individual and the child, and at the parent's
1816	1816	or guardian's option:
1817	1817	(i) that individual's driver's license
1818	1818	number and state of issuance or personal identification card number
1819	1819	the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] issued; and
1820	1820	(ii) the name, address, and telephone
1821	1821	number of that individual's employer; and
1822	1822	(2) a signed acknowledgment of responsibility stating
1823	1823	that the parent or guardian agrees to:
1824	1824	(A) notify the institution in which the child is
1825	1825	placed of any changes to the information submitted under
1826	1826	Subdivision (1)(A); and
1827	1827	(B) make reasonable efforts to participate in the
1828	1828	child's life and in planning activities for the child.
1829	1829	SECTION 98. Section 555.003, Government Code, is amended to
1830	1830	read as follows:
1831	1831	Sec. 555.003. EXCEPTION. This chapter does not apply to
1832	1832	files that relate to drivers of motor vehicles and that are
1833	1833	maintained by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1834	1834	Safety] under Subchapter C, Chapter 521, Transportation Code.
1835	1835	SECTION 99. Section 12.013(b), Health and Safety Code, is
1836	1836	amended to read as follows:
1837	1837	(b) Based on the studies and investigations, the department
1838	1838	periodically shall recommend to the Department of Public Safety and
1839	1839	the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles appropriate policies,
1840	1840	standards, and procedures relating to those medical aspects.
1841	1841	SECTION 100. Section 12.092(b), Health and Safety Code, is
1842	1842	amended to read as follows:
1843	1843	(b) The medical advisory board shall assist:
1844	1844	(1) the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1845	1845	Safety of the State of Texas] in determining whether[:
1846	1846	[(1)] an applicant for a driver's license or a license
1847	1847	holder is capable of safely operating a motor vehicle; and [or]
1848	1848	(2) the Department of Public Safety in determining
1849	1849	whether an applicant for or holder of a license to carry a handgun
1850	1850	under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code,
1851	1851	or an applicant for or holder of a commission as a security officer
1852	1852	under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is capable of exercising
1853	1853	sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a
1854	1854	handgun.
1855	1855	SECTION 101. Sections 12.095(a) and (c), Health and Safety
1856	1856	Code, are amended to read as follows:
1857	1857	(a) If the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas
1858	1858	or Texas Department of Motor Vehicles requests an opinion or
1859	1859	recommendation from the medical advisory board as to the ability of
1860	1860	an applicant or license holder to operate a motor vehicle safely or
1861	1861	to exercise sound judgment with respect to the proper use and
1862	1862	storage of a handgun, the commissioner or a person designated by the
1863	1863	commissioner shall convene a panel to consider the case or question
1864	1864	submitted by that department.
1865	1865	(c) Each panel member shall prepare an individual
1866	1866	independent written report for the Department of Public Safety of
1867	1867	the State of Texas or Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, as
1868	1868	appropriate, that states the member's opinion as to the ability of
1869	1869	the applicant or license holder to operate a motor vehicle safely or
1870	1870	to exercise sound judgment with respect to the proper use and
1871	1871	storage of a handgun, as appropriate. In the report the panel
1872	1872	member may also make recommendations relating to that department's
1873	1873	subsequent action.
1874	1874	SECTION 102. Section 12.096(a), Health and Safety Code, is
1875	1875	amended to read as follows:
1876	1876	(a) A physician licensed to practice medicine in this state
1877	1877	may inform the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas,
1878	1878	the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, or the medical advisory
1879	1879	board, orally or in writing, of the name, date of birth, and address
1880	1880	of a patient older than 15 years of age whom the physician has
1881	1881	diagnosed as having a disorder or disability specified in a rule of
1882	1882	the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas or Texas
1883	1883	Department of Motor Vehicles.
1884	1884	SECTION 103. Section 12.097, Health and Safety Code, is
1885	1885	amended to read as follows:
1886	1886	Sec. 12.097. CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIREMENTS. (a) All
1887	1887	records, reports, and testimony relating to the medical condition
1888	1888	of an applicant or license holder:
1889	1889	(1) are for the confidential use of the medical
1890	1890	advisory board, a panel, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, or
1891	1891	the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas;
1892	1892	(2) are privileged information; and
1893	1893	(3) may not be disclosed to any person or used as
1894	1894	evidence in a trial except as provided by Subsection (b).
1895	1895	(b) In a subsequent proceeding under Subchapter H, Chapter
1896	1896	411, Government Code, or Subchapter N, Chapter 521, Transportation
1897	1897	Code, the department may provide a copy of the report of the medical
1898	1898	advisory board or panel and a medical record or report relating to
1899	1899	an applicant or license holder to:
1900	1900	(1) the Department of Public Safety of the State of
1901	1901	Texas or Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, as appropriate;
1902	1902	(2) the applicant or license holder; and
1903	1903	(3) the officer who presides at the hearing.
1904	1904	SECTION 104. Sections 53.001(d) and (e), Health and Safety
1905	1905	Code, are amended to read as follows:
1906	1906	(d) The department, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles,
1907	1907	and the Department of Public Safety shall post the information
1908	1908	described by Subsection (b) on each agency's respective Internet
1909	1909	websites.
1910	1910	(e) Appropriate health care facilities, blood banks, and
1911	1911	driver's license offices may access the informational materials
1912	1912	described by Subsection (b) on the Internet websites of the
1913	1913	department, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, and the
1914	1914	Department of Public Safety and print the materials to place in
1915	1915	their facilities, banks, or offices to provide to residents of this
1916	1916	state.
1917	1917	SECTION 105. Sections 54.002(c) and (d), Health and Safety
1918	1918	Code, as added by Chapter 88 (S.B. 1249), Acts of the 88th
1919	1919	Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, are amended to read as follows:
1920	1920	(c) The department and the Texas Department of Motor
1921	1921	Vehicles [Public Safety] shall post the information described by
1922	1922	Subsection (a) on each of the agency's Internet websites.
1923	1923	(d) Appropriate health care facilities, transplant centers,
1924	1924	organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, eye banks, and
1925	1925	driver's license offices may access the informational materials
1926	1926	described by Subsection (a) on the Internet websites of the
1927	1927	department and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1928	1928	Safety] and print the materials to place in their facilities or
1929	1929	offices to provide to residents of this state.
1930	1930	SECTION 106. Section 81.011, Health and Safety Code, is
1931	1931	amended to read as follows:
1932	1932	Sec. 81.011. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. In times of
1933	1933	emergency or epidemic declared by the commissioner, the department
1934	1934	is authorized to request information pertaining to names, dates of
1935	1935	birth, and most recent addresses of individuals from the driver's
1936	1936	license records of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1937	1937	Safety] for the purpose of notification to individuals of the need
1938	1938	to receive certain immunizations or diagnostic, evaluation, or
1939	1939	treatment services for suspected communicable diseases.
1940	1940	SECTION 107. Section 191.010, Health and Safety Code, is
1941	1941	amended to read as follows:
1942	1942	Sec. 191.010. DEATH INFORMATION FOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
1943	1943	MOTOR VEHICLES [PUBLIC SAFETY]. (a) The department shall
1944	1944	implement an efficient and effective method to verify death
1945	1945	information to assist the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
1946	1946	[Public Safety] with maintaining records of holders of driver's
1947	1947	licenses and personal identification certificates in this state.
1948	1948	(b) The department shall enter into a memorandum of
1949	1949	understanding with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
1950	1950	Safety] to implement this section. The memorandum of understanding
1951	1951	must include a mechanism for the department to provide to the Texas
1952	1952	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] death information that
1953	1953	includes unique identifiers, including social security numbers,
1954	1954	necessary to accurately match death records with driver's license
1955	1955	and personal identification certificate records.
1956	1956	SECTION 108. Section 481.077(d), Health and Safety Code, is
1957	1957	amended to read as follows:
1958	1958	(d) Before selling, transferring, or otherwise furnishing
1959	1959	to a person in this state a chemical precursor subject to Subsection
1960	1960	(a), a manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other person shall:
1961	1961	(1) if the recipient does not represent a business,
1962	1962	obtain from the recipient:
1963	1963	(A) the recipient's driver's license number or
1964	1964	other personal identification certificate number, date of birth,
1965	1965	and residential or mailing address, other than a post office box
1966	1966	number, from a driver's license or personal identification
1967	1967	certificate issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
1968	1968	[department] that contains a photograph of the recipient;
1969	1969	(B) the year, state, and number of the motor
1970	1970	vehicle license of the motor vehicle owned or operated by the
1971	1971	recipient;
1972	1972	(C) a complete description of how the chemical
1973	1973	precursor is to be used; and
1974	1974	(D) the recipient's signature; or
1975	1975	(2) if the recipient represents a business, obtain
1976	1976	from the recipient:
1977	1977	(A) a letter of authorization from the business
1978	1978	that includes the business license or comptroller tax
1979	1979	identification number, address, area code, and telephone number and
1980	1980	a complete description of how the chemical precursor is to be used;
1981	1981	and
1982	1982	(B) the recipient's signature; and
1983	1983	(3) for any recipient, sign as a witness to the
1984	1984	signature and identification of the recipient.
1985	1985	SECTION 109. Section 481.080(e), Health and Safety Code, is
1986	1986	amended to read as follows:
1987	1987	(e) Before selling, transferring, or otherwise furnishing
1988	1988	to a person in this state a chemical laboratory apparatus subject to
1989	1989	Subsection (a), a manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, or other
1990	1990	person shall:
1991	1991	(1) if the recipient does not represent a business,
1992	1992	obtain from the recipient:
1993	1993	(A) the recipient's driver's license number or
1994	1994	other personal identification certificate number, date of birth,
1995	1995	and residential or mailing address, other than a post office box
1996	1996	number, from a driver's license or personal identification
1997	1997	certificate issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
1998	1998	[department] that contains a photograph of the recipient;
1999	1999	(B) the year, state, and number of the motor
2000	2000	vehicle license of the motor vehicle owned or operated by the
2001	2001	recipient;
2002	2002	(C) a complete description of how the apparatus
2003	2003	is to be used; and
2004	2004	(D) the recipient's signature; or
2005	2005	(2) if the recipient represents a business, obtain
2006	2006	from the recipient:
2007	2007	(A) a letter of authorization from the business
2008	2008	that includes the business license or comptroller tax
2009	2009	identification number, address, area code, and telephone number and
2010	2010	a complete description of how the apparatus is to be used; and
2011	2011	(B) the recipient's signature; and
2012	2012	(3) for any recipient, sign as a witness to the
2013	2013	signature and identification of the recipient.
2014	2014	SECTION 110. Section 485.032(c), Health and Safety Code, is
2015	2015	amended to read as follows:
2016	2016	(c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this
2017	2017	section that:
2018	2018	(1) the person making the delivery is an adult having
2019	2019	supervisory responsibility over the person younger than 18 years of
2020	2020	age and:
2021	2021	(A) the adult permits the use of the abusable
2022	2022	volatile chemical only under the adult's direct supervision and in
2023	2023	the adult's presence and only for its intended purpose; and
2024	2024	(B) the adult removes the chemical from the
2025	2025	person younger than 18 years of age on completion of that use; or
2026	2026	(2) the person to whom the abusable volatile chemical
2027	2027	was delivered presented to the defendant an apparently valid Texas
2028	2028	driver's license or an identification certificate, issued by the
2029	2029	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety of the State of
2030	2030	Texas] and containing a physical description consistent with the
2031	2031	person's appearance, that purported to establish that the person
2032	2032	was 18 years of age or older.
2033	2033	SECTION 111. Sections 692A.002(11) and (15), Health and
2034	2034	Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
2035	2035	(11) "Driver's license" means a license or permit
2036	2036	issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to
2037	2037	operate a vehicle, whether or not conditions are attached to the
2038	2038	license or permit.
2039	2039	(15) "Identification card" means an identification
2040	2040	card issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
2041	2041	Safety].
2042	2042	SECTION 112. Sections 692A.014(a) and (b), Health and
2043	2043	Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
2044	2044	(a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to
2045	2045	a procurement organization, the organization shall make a
2046	2046	reasonable search of the records of the Texas Department of Motor
2047	2047	Vehicles [Public Safety] and any donor registry that it knows
2048	2048	exists for the geographical area in which the individual resides to
2049	2049	ascertain whether the individual has made an anatomical gift.
2050	2050	(b) A procurement organization must be allowed reasonable
2051	2051	access to information in the records of the Texas Department of
2052	2052	Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to ascertain whether an individual
2053	2053	at or near death is a donor.
2054	2054	SECTION 113. Sections 692A.020(a), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h),
2055	2055	(i), and (m), Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as
2056	2056	follows:
2057	2057	(a) A nonprofit organization designated by the Texas
2058	2058	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] shall maintain and
2059	2059	administer a statewide donor registry, to be known as the Glenda
2060	2060	Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry.
2061	2061	(d) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
2062	2062	at least monthly shall electronically transfer to the nonprofit
2063	2063	organization administering the registry the name, date of birth,
2064	2064	driver's license number, most recent address, and any other
2065	2065	relevant information in the possession of the Texas Department of
2066	2066	Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] for any person who indicates on the
2067	2067	person's driver's license application under Section 521.401,
2068	2068	Transportation Code, that the person would like to make an
2069	2069	anatomical gift.
2070	2070	(e) The nonprofit organization administering the registry
2071	2071	shall:
2072	2072	(1) make information obtained from the Texas
2073	2073	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] under Subsection (d)
2074	2074	available to procurement organizations;
2075	2075	(2) allow potential donors to submit information in
2076	2076	writing directly to the organization for inclusion in the
2077	2077	Internet-based registry;
2078	2078	(3) maintain the Internet-based registry in a manner
2079	2079	that allows procurement organizations to immediately access organ,
2080	2080	tissue, and eye donation information 24 hours a day, seven days a
2081	2081	week through electronic and telephonic methods; and
2082	2082	(4) protect the confidentiality and privacy of the
2083	2083	individuals providing information to the Internet-based registry,
2084	2084	regardless of the manner in which the information is provided.
2085	2085	(f) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (e)(3) or
2086	2086	this subsection, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
2087	2087	Safety], the nonprofit organization administering the registry, or
2088	2088	a procurement organization may not sell, rent, or otherwise share
2089	2089	any information provided to the Internet-based registry. A
2090	2090	procurement organization may share any information provided to the
2091	2091	registry with an organ procurement organization or a health care
2092	2092	provider or facility providing medical care to a potential donor as
2093	2093	necessary to properly identify an individual at the time of
2094	2094	donation.
2095	2095	(g) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety],
2096	2096	the nonprofit organization administering the registry, or the
2097	2097	procurement organizations may not use any demographic or specific
2098	2098	data provided to the Internet-based registry for any fund-raising
2099	2099	activities. Data may only be transmitted from the selected
2100	2100	organization to procurement organizations through electronic and
2101	2101	telephonic methods using secure, encrypted technology to preserve
2102	2102	the integrity of the data and the privacy of the individuals
2103	2103	providing information.
2104	2104	(h) In each office authorized to issue driver's licenses or
2105	2105	personal identification certificates, the Texas Department of
2106	2106	Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] shall make available educational
2107	2107	materials developed by the nonprofit organization administering
2108	2108	the registry.
2109	2109	(i) The Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry fund is
2110	2110	created as a trust fund outside the state treasury to be held by the
2111	2111	comptroller and administered by the Texas Department of Motor
2112	2112	Vehicles [Public Safety] as trustee on behalf of the statewide
2113	2113	donor registry maintained for the benefit of the citizens of this
2114	2114	state. The fund is composed of money deposited to the credit of the
2115	2115	fund under Sections 502.405(b), 521.008, and 522.0295,
2116	2116	Transportation Code, as provided by those sections. Money in the
2117	2117	fund shall be disbursed at least monthly, without appropriation, to
2118	2118	the nonprofit organization administering the registry to pay the
2119	2119	costs of:
2120	2120	(1) maintaining, operating, and updating the
2121	2121	Internet-based registry and establishing procedures for an
2122	2122	individual to be added to the registry;
2123	2123	(2) designing and distributing educational materials
2124	2124	for prospective donors as required under this section; and
2125	2125	(3) providing education under this chapter.
2126	2126	(m) The nonprofit organization administering the registry
2127	2127	may:
2128	2128	(1) implement a training program for all appropriate
2129	2129	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] and Texas
2130	2130	Department of Transportation employees on the benefits of organ,
2131	2131	tissue, and eye donation and the procedures for individuals to be
2132	2132	added to the Internet-based registry; and
2133	2133	(2) conduct the training described by Subdivision (1)
2134	2134	on an ongoing basis for new employees.
2135	2135	SECTION 114. Section 841.0822, Health and Safety Code, is
2136	2136	amended to read as follows:
2137	2137	Sec. 841.0822. REQUIRED PROCEDURES BEFORE RELEASE FROM
2138	2138	SECURE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. Before a committed person is
2139	2139	released from a secure correctional facility, the Texas Department
2140	2140	of Criminal Justice shall ensure that:
2141	2141	(1) the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
2142	2142	Safety] issues a personal identification card to the person; and
2143	2143	(2) the person completes an application for the
2144	2144	following federal benefits, as appropriate, for which the person
2145	2145	may be eligible:
2146	2146	(A) social security benefits, including
2147	2147	disability benefits, administered by the United States Social
2148	2148	Security Administration; and
2149	2149	(B) veterans benefits administered by the United
2150	2150	States Department of Veterans Affairs.
2151	2151	SECTION 115. Sections 841.153(a), (c), and (d), Health and
2152	2152	Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
2153	2153	(a) On the release of a committed person from a correctional
2154	2154	facility, secure correctional facility, or secure detention
2155	2155	facility, as those terms are defined by Section 841.151, the office
2156	2156	shall:
2157	2157	(1) determine whether the person has:
2158	2158	(A) a valid license issued under Chapter 521 or
2159	2159	522, Transportation Code; or
2160	2160	(B) a valid personal identification certificate
2161	2161	issued under Chapter 521, Transportation Code; and
2162	2162	(2) if the person does not have a valid license or
2163	2163	certificate described by Subdivision (1), submit to the Texas
2164	2164	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] on behalf of the
2165	2165	person a request for the issuance of a personal identification
2166	2166	certificate under Chapter 521, Transportation Code.
2167	2167	(c) The office, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
2168	2168	[Public Safety], and the vital statistics unit of the Department of
2169	2169	State Health Services by rule shall adopt a memorandum of
2170	2170	understanding that establishes their respective responsibilities
2171	2171	with respect to the issuance of a personal identification
2172	2172	certificate to a committed person, including responsibilities
2173	2173	related to verification of the person's identity. The memorandum
2174	2174	of understanding must require the Department of State Health
2175	2175	Services to electronically verify the birth record of a committed
2176	2176	person whose name and any other personal information is provided by
2177	2177	the office and to electronically report the recorded filing
2178	2178	information to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
2179	2179	Safety] to validate the identity of a committed person under this
2180	2180	section.
2181	2181	(d) The office shall reimburse the Texas Department of Motor
2182	2182	Vehicles [Public Safety] or the Department of State Health
2183	2183	Services, as applicable, for the actual costs incurred by those
2184	2184	agencies in performing responsibilities established under this
2185	2185	section. The office may charge a committed person for the actual
2186	2186	costs incurred under this section or for the fees required by
2187	2187	Section 521.421, Transportation Code.
2188	2188	SECTION 116. Section 23.002, Human Resources Code, is
2189	2189	amended to read as follows:
2190	2190	Sec. 23.002. LICENSING AUTHORITIES SUBJECT TO CHAPTER. In
2191	2191	this chapter, "licensing authority" means:
2192	2192	(1) the Parks and Wildlife Department; and
2193	2193	(2) the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
2194	2194	Safety of the State of Texas].
2195	2195	SECTION 117. Sections 245.0536(a), (c), and (d), Human
2196	2196	Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
2197	2197	(a) Before releasing a child under supervision or finally
2198	2198	discharging a child, the department shall:
2199	2199	(1) determine whether the child has:
2200	2200	(A) a valid license issued under Chapter 521,
2201	2201	Transportation Code; or
2202	2202	(B) a valid personal identification certificate
2203	2203	issued under Chapter 521, Transportation Code; and
2204	2204	(2) if the child does not have a valid license or
2205	2205	certificate described by Subdivision (1), submit to the Texas
2206	2206	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] on behalf of the child
2207	2207	a request for the issuance of a personal identification certificate
2208	2208	under Chapter 521, Transportation Code.
2209	2209	(c) The department, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
2210	2210	[Public Safety], and the vital statistics unit of the Department of
2211	2211	State Health Services shall adopt a memorandum of understanding
2212	2212	that establishes their respective responsibilities with respect to
2213	2213	the issuance of a personal identification certificate to a child,
2214	2214	including responsibilities related to verification of the child's
2215	2215	identity. The memorandum of understanding must require the
2216	2216	Department of State Health Services to electronically verify the
2217	2217	birth record of a child whose name and any other personal
2218	2218	information is provided by the department and to electronically
2219	2219	report the recorded filing information to the Department of Public
2220	2220	Safety to validate the identity of a child under this section.
2221	2221	(d) The department shall reimburse the Texas Department of
2222	2222	Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] or the Department of State Health
2223	2223	Services for the actual costs incurred by those agencies in
2224	2224	performing responsibilities established under this section. The
2225	2225	department may charge the child's parent or guardian for the actual
2226	2226	costs incurred under this section or the fees required by Section
2227	2227	521.421, Transportation Code.
2228	2228	SECTION 118. Section 133.124, Local Government Code, is
2229	2229	amended to read as follows:
2230	2230	Sec. 133.124. ALLOCATION OF FEES TO TRANSPORTATION
2231	2231	ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ACCOUNT. The transportation administrative fee
2232	2232	account is an account in the general revenue fund. The account
2233	2233	consists of money allocated to the account under Section
2234	2234	133.102(e). Money in the account may be appropriated only to the
2235	2235	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to defray the
2236	2236	administrative costs associated with implementing Chapter 706,
2237	2237	Transportation Code.
2238	2238	SECTION 119. Section 1701.451(a), Occupations Code, is
2239	2239	amended to read as follows:
2240	2240	(a) Before a law enforcement agency may hire a person
2241	2241	licensed under this chapter, the agency must, on a form and in the
2242	2242	manner prescribed by the commission:
2243	2243	(1) obtain the person's written consent for the agency
2244	2244	to review the information required to be reviewed under this
2245	2245	section;
2246	2246	(2) request from the commission and any other
2247	2247	applicable person information required to be reviewed under this
2248	2248	section; and
2249	2249	(3) submit to the commission confirmation that the
2250	2250	agency, to the best of the agency's ability before hiring the
2251	2251	person:
2252	2252	(A) contacted each entity or individual
2253	2253	necessary to obtain the information required to be reviewed under
2254	2254	this section; and
2255	2255	(B) except as provided by Subsection (b),
2256	2256	obtained and reviewed as related to the person, as applicable:
2257	2257	(i) personnel files, as described by
2258	2258	Section 1701.4535, and other employee records from each previous
2259	2259	law enforcement agency employer, including the employment
2260	2260	application submitted to the previous employer;
2261	2261	(ii) employment termination reports and
2262	2262	misconduct investigation reports maintained by the commission
2263	2263	under this subchapter;
2264	2264	(iii) service records maintained by the
2265	2265	commission;
2266	2266	(iv) proof that the person meets the
2267	2267	minimum qualifications for enrollment in a training program under
2268	2268	Section 1701.251(a);
2269	2269	(v) a military veteran's United States
2270	2270	Department of Defense Form DD-214 or other military discharge
2271	2271	record;
2272	2272	(vi) criminal history record information;
2273	2273	(vii) information on pending warrants as
2274	2274	available through the Texas Crime Information Center and National
2275	2275	Crime Information Center;
2276	2276	(viii) evidence of financial
2277	2277	responsibility as required by Section 601.051, Transportation
2278	2278	Code;
2279	2279	(ix) a driving record from the Texas
2280	2280	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety];
2281	2281	(x) proof of United States citizenship or,
2282	2282	if the person is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces
2283	2283	of the United States with at least two years of service before
2284	2284	discharge, proof of legal permanent residence and proof that the
2285	2285	person has applied for United States citizenship;
2286	2286	(xi) information on the person's background
2287	2287	from at least three personal references and at least two
2288	2288	professional references; and
2289	2289	(xii) information on the person's law
2290	2290	enforcement background as available through a database designated
2291	2291	by the commission under Section 1701.169 and, if applicable, a file
2292	2292	or record obtained by the commission under Section 1701.3035.
2293	2293	SECTION 120. Section 1805.051(d), Occupations Code, is
2294	2294	amended to read as follows:
2295	2295	(d) The list required by Subsection (c) must contain:
2296	2296	(1) the proposed seller's driver's license number or
2297	2297	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] identification
2298	2298	card number, as recorded by the dealer on physical presentation of
2299	2299	the license or identification card by the seller;
2300	2300	(2) a complete and accurate description of each
2301	2301	business machine, including its serial number or other identifying
2302	2302	marks or symbols;
2303	2303	(3) the proposed seller's certification that the
2304	2304	information is true and complete; and
2305	2305	(4) if the business machine is delivered to the
2306	2306	secondhand dealer for sale or exchange at an auction, the make,
2307	2307	year, model, color, and registration number of the vehicle in which
2308	2308	the business machine is transported to the auction.
2309	2309	SECTION 121. Section 1805.052(b), Occupations Code, is
2310	2310	amended to read as follows:
2311	2311	(b) Except as provided by Section 1805.053, a report
2312	2312	required by this chapter must contain:
2313	2313	(1) the name and address of the seller of the business
2314	2314	machine;
2315	2315	(2) a complete and accurate description of the
2316	2316	business machine for which the report is made, including the serial
2317	2317	number or other identifying marks or symbols;
2318	2318	(3) the seller's certification that the information is
2319	2319	true and complete; and
2320	2320	(4) the seller's driver's license number or Texas
2321	2321	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] identification card
2322	2322	number, as recorded by the dealer on physical presentation of the
2323	2323	license or identification card by the seller.
2324	2324	SECTION 122. Section 1956.001(8), Occupations Code, is
2325	2325	amended to read as follows:
2326	2326	(8) "Personal identification document" means:
2327	2327	(A) a valid driver's license issued by a state in
2328	2328	the United States;
2329	2329	(B) a United States military identification
2330	2330	card; or
2331	2331	(C) a personal identification certificate issued
2332	2332	by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [department] under
2333	2333	Section 521.101, Transportation Code, or a corresponding card or
2334	2334	certificate issued by another state.
2335	2335	SECTION 123. Section 1956.062(c), Occupations Code, is
2336	2336	amended to read as follows:
2337	2337	(c) The dealer shall record the proposed seller's driver's
2338	2338	license number or [department] personal identification certificate
2339	2339	number on physical presentation of the license or personal
2340	2340	identification certificate by the seller. The record must
2341	2341	accompany the list.
2342	2342	SECTION 124. Section 2033.017(f), Occupations Code, is
2343	2343	amended to read as follows:
2344	2344	(f) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution of an
2345	2345	offense under Subsection (a) that the minor falsely represented the
2346	2346	minor's age by displaying to the person an apparently valid Texas
2347	2347	driver's license or identification card issued by the Texas
2348	2348	Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] that contains a
2349	2349	physical description consistent with the minor's appearance.
2350	2350	SECTION 125. Section 2402.107(b), Occupations Code, is
2351	2351	amended to read as follows:
2352	2352	(b) A transportation network company may not permit an
2353	2353	individual to log in as a driver on the company's digital network if
2354	2354	the individual:
2355	2355	(1) has been convicted in the three-year period
2356	2356	preceding the issue date of the driving record obtained under
2357	2357	Subsection (a)(3) of:
2358	2358	(A) more than three offenses classified by the
2359	2359	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] as moving
2360	2360	violations; or
2361	2361	(B) one or more of the following offenses:
2362	2362	(i) fleeing or attempting to elude a police
2363	2363	officer under Section 545.421, Transportation Code;
2364	2364	(ii) reckless driving under Section
2365	2365	545.401, Transportation Code;
2366	2366	(iii) driving without a valid driver's
2367	2367	license under Section 521.025, Transportation Code; or
2368	2368	(iv) driving with an invalid driver's
2369	2369	license under Section 521.457, Transportation Code;
2370	2370	(2) has been convicted in the preceding seven-year
2371	2371	period of any of the following:
2372	2372	(A) driving while intoxicated under Section
2373	2373	49.04 or 49.045, Penal Code;
2374	2374	(B) use of a motor vehicle to commit a felony;
2375	2375	(C) a felony crime involving property damage;
2376	2376	(D) fraud;
2377	2377	(E) theft;
2378	2378	(F) an act of violence; or
2379	2379	(G) an act of terrorism; or
2380	2380	(3) is found to be registered in the national sex
2381	2381	offender public website maintained by the United States Department
2382	2382	of Justice or a successor agency.
2383	2383	SECTION 126. Sections 11.43(f) and (m), Tax Code, are
2384	2384	amended to read as follows:
2385	2385	(f) The comptroller, in prescribing the contents of the
2386	2386	application form for each kind of exemption, shall ensure that the
2387	2387	form requires an applicant to furnish the information necessary to
2388	2388	determine the validity of the exemption claim. The form must
2389	2389	require an applicant to provide the applicant's name and driver's
2390	2390	license number, personal identification certificate number, or
2391	2391	social security account number. If the applicant is a charitable
2392	2392	organization with a federal tax identification number, the form
2393	2393	must allow the applicant to provide the organization's federal tax
2394	2394	identification number in lieu of a driver's license number,
2395	2395	personal identification certificate number, or social security
2396	2396	account number. The comptroller shall include on the forms a notice
2397	2397	of the penalties prescribed by Section 37.10, Penal Code, for
2398	2398	making or filing an application containing a false statement. The
2399	2399	comptroller shall include, on application forms for exemptions that
2400	2400	do not have to be claimed annually, a statement explaining that the
2401	2401	application need not be made annually and that if the exemption is
2402	2402	allowed, the applicant has a duty to notify the chief appraiser when
2403	2403	the applicant's entitlement to the exemption ends. In this
2404	2404	subsection:
2405	2405	(1) "Driver's license" has the meaning assigned that
2406	2406	term by Section 521.001, Transportation Code.
2407	2407	(2) "Personal identification certificate" means a
2408	2408	certificate issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
2409	2409	[Public Safety] under Subchapter E, Chapter 521, Transportation
2410	2410	Code.
2411	2411	(m) Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (k), if a person who
2412	2412	receives an exemption under Section 11.13, other than an exemption
2413	2413	under Section 11.13(c) or (d) for an individual 65 years of age or
2414	2414	older, in a tax year becomes 65 years of age in the next tax year,
2415	2415	the person is entitled to receive and the chief appraiser shall
2416	2416	allow an exemption under Section 11.13(c) or (d) for an individual
2417	2417	65 years of age or older in that next tax year on the same property
2418	2418	without requiring the person to apply for or otherwise request the
2419	2419	exemption if the person's age is shown by:
2420	2420	(1) information in the records of the appraisal
2421	2421	district that was provided to the appraisal district by the
2422	2422	individual in an application for an exemption under Section 11.13
2423	2423	on the property or in correspondence relating to the property; or
2424	2424	(2) the information provided by the Texas Department
2425	2425	of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to the appraisal district under
2426	2426	Section 521.049, Transportation Code.
2427	2427	SECTION 127. Section 411.0085, Government Code, is
2428	2428	repealed.
2429	2429	SECTION 128. (a) Effective January 1, 2027, the powers and
2430	2430	duties of the Department of Public Safety with regard to driver's
2431	2431	licenses, personal identification certificates, and other
2432	2432	miscellaneous programs, powers, and duties are transferred to the
2433	2433	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles in accordance with this Act.
2434	2434	(b) Effective January 1, 2027, all rules of the Department
2435	2435	of Public Safety relating to driver's licenses, personal
2436	2436	identification certificates, and other miscellaneous programs,
2437	2437	powers, and duties are continued in effect as rules of the Texas
2438	2438	Department of Motor Vehicles until superseded by a rule of the Texas
2439	2439	Department of Motor Vehicles. A license or certification issued by
2440	2440	the Department of Public Safety relating to driver's licenses,
2441	2441	personal identification certificates, and other miscellaneous
2442	2442	programs, powers, and duties is continued in effect as provided by
2443	2443	the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act.
2444	2444	A complaint, investigation, contested case, or other proceeding
2445	2445	relating to driver's licenses, personal identification
2446	2446	certificates, and other miscellaneous programs, powers, and duties
2447	2447	that is pending on the effective date of this Act is continued
2448	2448	without change in status after the effective date of this Act. An
2449	2449	activity conducted by the Department of Public Safety relating to
2450	2450	driver's licenses, personal identification certificates, and other
2451	2451	miscellaneous programs, powers, and duties is considered to be an
2452	2452	activity conducted by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
2453	2453	(c) On September 1, 2025, or as soon as possible after that
2454	2454	date, the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety
2455	2455	shall adopt a comprehensive plan to ensure the smooth transition of
2456	2456	all programs operated by the Department of Public Safety relating
2457	2457	to driver's licenses, personal identification certificates, and
2458	2458	other miscellaneous programs, powers, and duties before January 1,
2459	2459	2027, from the Department of Public Safety to the Texas Department
2460	2460	of Motor Vehicles.
2461	2461	SECTION 129. Effective January 1, 2027:
2462	2462	(1) all money, contracts, leases, rights, property,
2463	2463	records, and bonds and other obligations of the Department of
2464	2464	Public Safety relating to driver's licenses, personal
2465	2465	identification certificates, and other miscellaneous programs,
2466	2466	powers, and duties are transferred to the Texas Department of Motor
2467	2467	Vehicles; and
2468	2468	(2) an employee of the Department of Public Safety
2469	2469	driver license division and any employee of the Department of
2470	2470	Public Safety who primarily performs duties related to a power or
2471	2471	duty transferred under this Act become employees of the Texas
2472	2472	Department of Motor Vehicles.
2473	2473	SECTION 130. (a) The unobligated and unexpended balance of
2474	2474	any appropriations made to the Department of Public Safety in
2475	2475	connection with or relating to driver's licenses, personal
2476	2476	identification certificates, or other programs, powers, or duties
2477	2477	transferred under this Act, for the state fiscal biennium ending
2478	2478	August 31, 2027, is transferred to the Texas Department of Motor
2479	2479	Vehicles for the purpose of implementing the powers, duties,
2480	2480	obligations, and rights of action transferred to that department
2481	2481	under this Act.
2482	2482	(b) The Department of Public Safety shall continue, as
2483	2483	necessary, to perform the duties and functions being transferred to
2484	2484	the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles until the transfer of agency
2485	2485	duties and functions is complete.
2486	2486	SECTION 131. (a) The governing bodies of the Texas
2487	2487	Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public Safety
2488	2488	shall enter into or revise a joint memorandum of understanding to
2489	2489	coordinate the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles' and the
2490	2490	Department of Public Safety's information systems to allow for the
2491	2491	sharing of information so that each department may effectively and
2492	2492	efficiently perform the functions and duties assigned to it.
2493	2493	Neither the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles nor the Department
2494	2494	of Public Safety may impose or collect a fee or charge in connection
2495	2495	with the sharing of information under the joint memorandum of
2496	2496	understanding entered into or revised under this section.
2497	2497	(b) The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the
2498	2498	Department of Public Safety shall implement the joint memorandum of
2499	2499	understanding using existing personnel and resources.
2500	2500	(c) Otherwise confidential information shared under the
2501	2501	memorandum of understanding remains subject to the same
2502	2502	confidentiality requirements and legal restrictions on access to
2503	2503	the information that are imposed by law on the department that
2504	2504	originally obtained or collected the information.
2505	2505	(d) Information may be shared under the memorandum of
2506	2506	understanding without the consent of the person who is the subject
2507	2507	of the information.
2508	2508	(e) The memorandum of understanding required by Subsection
2509	2509	(a) of this section must be entered into or revised at the first
2510	2510	official meeting of the board of the Texas Department of Motor
2511	2511	Vehicles occurring after the effective date of this Act.
2512	2512	SECTION 132. (a) In addition to the memorandum of
2513	2513	understanding required by this Act, the governing bodies of the
2514	2514	Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public
2515	2515	Safety may enter into or revise one or more other joint memoranda of
2516	2516	understanding necessary to effect the transfer of the powers and
2517	2517	duties of the Department of Public Safety to the Texas Department of
2518	2518	Motor Vehicles under this Act. A memorandum of understanding may
2519	2519	include an agreement for the provision of office space, utilities,
2520	2520	and other facility services; the need for full-time equivalent
2521	2521	positions of the Department of Public Safety to provide support
2522	2522	services in addition to the positions transferred to the Texas
2523	2523	Department of Motor Vehicles under this Act; other support
2524	2524	services; and the transfer of information technology as necessary
2525	2525	or appropriate to effect the transfer of the powers and duties of
2526	2526	the Department of Public Safety to the Texas Department of Motor
2527	2527	Vehicles.
2528	2528	(b) Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of Section 131 of this Act
2529	2529	apply to a memorandum of understanding entered into or revised
2530	2530	under Subsection (a) of this section.
2531	2531	SECTION 133. It is the intent of the 89th Legislature,
2532	2532	Regular Session, 2025, that the amendments made by this Act to
2533	2533	Section 54.002, Health and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 88 (S.B.
2534	2534	1249), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, be
2535	2535	harmonized with another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular
2536	2536	Session, 2025, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and
2537	2537	corrections in enacted codes.
2538	2538	SECTION 134. This Act takes effect immediately if it
2539	2539	receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
2540	2540	house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
2541	2541	If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
2542	2542	effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.