Bill Text: TX HB1814 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the online renewal of driver's licenses of certain active duty military personnel and relatives.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-01 - Effective immediately [HB1814 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1814-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 1814

AN ACT
relating to the online renewal of driver's licenses of certain
active duty military personnel and relatives.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.274(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A rule adopted under this section:
(1) may prescribe eligibility standards for renewal
under this section;
(2) may not permit a person subject to the
registration requirements under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal
Procedure, to register by mail or electronic means; [and]
(3) may not permit renewal by mail or electronic means
of a driver's license of a person who is 79 years of age or older;
and
(4) must allow for the renewal of a driver's license by
electronic means, regardless of when the license expires, of:
(A) a person who:
(i) is on active duty in the armed forces of
the United States; and
(ii) is absent from the state; and
(B) the spouse or dependent child of a person
described by Paragraph (A).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1814 was passed by the House on April
23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1814 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor