Bill Text: TX SB1699 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to authorizing the use of an image verification system to determine whether an applicant for a driver's license or personal identification certificate is a fugitive from justice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-19 - No action taken in committee [SB1699 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB1699-Engrossed.html

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By: Williams S.B. No. 1699

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing the use of an image verification system to
determine whether an applicant for a driver's license or personal
identification certificate is a fugitive from justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.059, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The department may use the image verification system
established under this section to ensure that the applicant is not a
fugitive from justice, as defined by Section 38.01, Penal Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.