Bill Text: TX HB1514 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance to veterans of specially marked driver's licenses. [Track Bill]
Status: 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB1514 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1514-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1514 | ||
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| relating to the issuance to veterans of specially marked driver's | ||
| licenses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 521.1235 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 521.1235. DESIGNATOR ON LICENSE ISSUED TO VETERAN. | ||
| (a) In this section, "veteran" means a person who: | ||
| (1) has served in: | ||
| (A) the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or | ||
| marine corps of the United States; or | ||
| (B) the Texas National Guard as defined by | ||
| Section 431.001, Government Code; and | ||
| (2) has been honorably discharged from the branch of | ||
| the service in which the person served. | ||
| (b) The department shall include the designation "VETERAN" | ||
| on a driver's license issued to a veteran in an available space | ||
| either on the face of the driver's license or on the reverse side of | ||
| the driver's license if: | ||
| (1) the veteran requests the designation; and | ||
| (2) the veteran provides proof of the veteran's | ||
| military service and honorable discharge. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 521.142, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: | ||
| (i) The application must provide space for the applicant: | ||
| (1) to voluntarily list any military service that may | ||
| qualify the applicant to receive a license with a veteran's | ||
| designation under Section 521.1235; and | ||
| (2) to include proof required by the department to | ||
| determine the applicant's eligibility to receive that designation. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1514 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1514 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
