Bill Text: TX HB5142 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 5142

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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB5142 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB5142-Introduced.html

	88R14819 AJZ-D

	By: Kacal	H.B. No. 5142



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and
	personal identification certificates to veterans.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 521.102, Transportation Code, is amended
	by adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows:
	(b-2) For purposes of Subsection (b)(2), the department
	must accept a veteran identification card issued by the United
	States Department of Veterans Affairs as sufficient proof of the
	veteran's military service and honorable discharge.
	SECTION 2. Section 521.1235, Transportation Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows:
	(b-2) For purposes of Subsection (b)(2), the department
	must accept a veteran identification card issued by the United
	States Department of Veterans Affairs as sufficient proof of the
	veteran's military service and honorable discharge.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.