Bill Text: TX HB2963 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to identification documents for title and vehicle registration applications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-17 - No action taken in committee [HB2963 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2963-Introduced.html

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83R11239 JRR-F
By: Alonzo H.B. No. 2963

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to identification documents for title and vehicle
registration applications.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 501.023, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), identification
includes a passport, a consular identity document, or a national
identity document that complies with federal law.
SECTION 2. Section 502.043(d), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) The department may require an applicant for
registration to provide current personal identification as
determined by department rule. The rule must allow for the use of a
passport, a consular identity document, or a national identity
document that complies with federal law as an acceptable form of
identification. Any identification number required by the
department under this subsection may be entered into the
department's electronic titling system but may not be printed on
the title.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.