Bill Text: TX HB280 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the proof of citizenship or lawful presence in the United States required for the issuance of a driver's license.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-24 - Referred to State Affairs [HB280 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB280-Introduced.html
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| By: Fallon | H.B. No. 280 | |
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| relating to the proof of citizenship or lawful presence in the | ||
| United States required for the issuance of a driver's license. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 521.142(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) An application for an original license must state the | ||
| applicant's full name and place and date of birth. This | ||
| information must be verified by presentation of proof of identity | ||
| satisfactory to the department. An applicant who is not a citizen | ||
| of the United States must present to the department documentation | ||
| issued by the appropriate United States agency that authorizes the | ||
| applicant to be in the United States before the applicant may be | ||
| issued a driver's license. The department must accept as | ||
| satisfactory proof of identity under this subsection an offender | ||
| identification card or similar form of identification issued to an | ||
| inmate by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if the applicant | ||
| also provides supplemental verifiable records or documents that aid | ||
| in establishing identity. For the purposes of this subsection, a | ||
| voter registration certificate is not satisfactory proof of | ||
| authorization to be in the United States. | ||
| 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 December 1, 2017. | ||
