| 1 | 1 | | 89R19859 TYPED |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 2944 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the ability of persons licensed to drive in Texas to |
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| 10 | 10 | | renew license by electronic means |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 521.274. RENEWAL BY MAIL OR ELECTRONIC MEANS. (a) The |
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| 13 | 13 | | department by rule may provide that the holder of a driver's license |
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| 14 | 14 | | may renew the license by mail, by telephone, over the Internet, or |
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| 15 | 15 | | by other electronic means. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) A rule adopted under this section: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) may prescribe eligibility standards for renewal |
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| 18 | 18 | | under this section; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) may not permit a person subject to the |
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| 20 | 20 | | registration requirements under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal |
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| 21 | 21 | | Procedure, to register by mail or electronic means; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) may not permit renewal by mail or electronic means |
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| 23 | 23 | | of a driver's license of a person who is 79 years of age or older; |
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| 24 | 24 | | and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (4) must allow for the renewal of a driver's license by |
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| 26 | 26 | | electronic means, regardless of when the license expires, of: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (A) a person who: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (i) is on active duty in the armed forces of |
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| 29 | 29 | | the United States; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (ii) is absent from the state; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) the spouse or dependent child of a person |
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| 32 | 32 | | described by Paragraph (A). |
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| 33 | 33 | | (5) must allow for the renewal of a driver's license by |
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| 34 | 34 | | electronic means, of: |
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| 35 | 35 | | (A) any person currently licensed under the age |
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| 36 | 36 | | of 79. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 521.274. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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