| 1 | | - | By: Zaffirini, West S.B. No. 523 |
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| 1 | + | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 523 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed December 3, 2024; February 3, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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| 4 | + | March 5, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | + | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; March 5, 2025, |
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| 6 | + | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 523 By: Hughes |
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| 6 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 13 | | relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons |
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| 9 | 14 | | that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence |
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| 10 | 15 | | address. |
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| 11 | 16 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 17 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 521.1211, Transportation |
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| 13 | 18 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 19 | | Sec. 521.1211. DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR PAROLE OFFICERS, PEACE |
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| 15 | 20 | | OFFICERS, PROBATION OFFICERS, AND PROSECUTORS. |
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| 16 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Sections 521.1211(a), (a-1), (d), and (f), |
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| 17 | 22 | | Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 23 | | (a) In this section: |
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| 19 | 24 | | (1) "Parole officer" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 20 | 25 | | Section 508.001, Government Code. |
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| 21 | 26 | | (1-a) "Peace officer" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 22 | 27 | | Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, except that the term |
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| 23 | 28 | | includes a special investigator as defined by Article 2A.002, Code |
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| 24 | 29 | | of Criminal Procedure. |
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| 25 | 30 | | (2) "Probation officer" means a law enforcement |
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| 26 | 31 | | professional that supervises individuals placed on probation. |
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| 27 | 32 | | (3) "Prosecutor" means a county attorney, district |
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| 28 | 33 | | attorney, criminal district attorney, assistant county attorney, |
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| 29 | 34 | | assistant district attorney, or assistant criminal district |
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| 30 | 35 | | attorney. |
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| 31 | 36 | | (a-1) This section applies only to a parole officer, a peace |
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| 32 | 37 | | officer, a probation officer, and a prosecutor. |
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| 33 | 38 | | (d) If the holder of a driver's license that includes an |
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| 34 | 39 | | alternative address moves to a new residence, or, for a parole |
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| 35 | 40 | | officer, a probation officer, or a prosecutor, to a new office |
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| 36 | 41 | | address, or if the name of the person is changed by marriage or |
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| 37 | 42 | | otherwise, the license holder shall, not later than the 30th day |
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| 38 | 43 | | after the date of the address or name change, notify the department |
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| 39 | 44 | | and provide the department with the number of the person's driver's |
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| 40 | 45 | | license and, as applicable, the person's: |
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| 41 | 46 | | (1) former and new addresses; or |
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| 42 | 47 | | (2) former and new names. |
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| 43 | 48 | | (f) The department shall accept as an alternative address: |
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| 44 | 49 | | (1) for a parole officer, the address of an office of |
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| 45 | 50 | | the parole officer; |
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| 46 | 51 | | (2) for a peace officer, an address that is in the: |
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| 47 | 52 | | (A) municipality or county of the peace officer's |
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| 48 | 53 | | residence; or |
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| 49 | 54 | | (B) county of the peace officer's place of |
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| 50 | 55 | | employment; [and] |
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| 51 | 56 | | (3) for a probation officer, the address of an office |
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| 52 | 57 | | of the probation officer; and |
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| 53 | 58 | | (4) [(2)] for a prosecutor, the address of an office |
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| 54 | 59 | | of the prosecutor. |
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| 55 | 60 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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