By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 523
(In the Senate - Filed December 3, 2024; February 3, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
March 5, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; March 5, 2025,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 523 By: Hughes
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons
that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence
address.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 521.1211, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 521.1211. DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR PAROLE OFFICERS, PEACE
OFFICERS, PROBATION OFFICERS, AND PROSECUTORS.
SECTION 2. Sections 521.1211(a), (a-1), (d), and (f),
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) In this section:
(1) "Parole officer" has the meaning assigned by
Section 508.001, Government Code.
(1-a) "Peace officer" has the meaning assigned by
Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, except that the term
includes a special investigator as defined by Article 2A.002, Code
of Criminal Procedure.
(2) "Probation officer" means a law enforcement
professional that supervises individuals placed on probation.
(3) "Prosecutor" means a county attorney, district
attorney, criminal district attorney, assistant county attorney,
assistant district attorney, or assistant criminal district
attorney.
(a-1) This section applies only to a parole officer, a peace
officer, a probation officer, and a prosecutor.
(d) If the holder of a driver's license that includes an
alternative address moves to a new residence, or, for a parole
officer, a probation officer, or a prosecutor, to a new office
address, or if the name of the person is changed by marriage or
otherwise, the license holder shall, not later than the 30th day
after the date of the address or name change, notify the department
and provide the department with the number of the person's driver's
license and, as applicable, the person's:
(1) former and new addresses; or
(2) former and new names.
(f) The department shall accept as an alternative address:
(1) for a parole officer, the address of an office of
the parole officer;
(2) for a peace officer, an address that is in the:
(A) municipality or county of the peace officer's
residence; or
(B) county of the peace officer's place of
employment; [and]
(3) for a probation officer, the address of an office
of the probation officer; and
(4) [(2)] for a prosecutor, the address of an office
of the prosecutor.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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