Bill Text: TX HB3253 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a non-REAL ID personal identification certificate; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB3253 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3253-Introduced.html
88R8106 MZM-D | ||
By: Manuel | H.B. No. 3253 |
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relating to the creation of a non-REAL ID personal identification | ||
certificate; authorizing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 521, Transportation Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter E-1 to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER E-1. NON-REAL ID PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE | ||
Sec. 521.110. ELIGIBILITY. The department may issue a | ||
non-REAL ID personal identification certificate to an applicant | ||
who: | ||
(1) as of the date the certificate is issued, resides | ||
in this state; and | ||
(2) meets the requirements for the issuance of a | ||
personal identification certificate under Subchapter E other than | ||
an application requirement described by Section 521.101(d-1), | ||
521.1015(c)(1), or 521.1016(c)(1). | ||
Sec. 521.111. NOT TO BE USED AS IDENTIFICATION FOR FEDERAL | ||
OR VOTING PURPOSES. A non-REAL ID personal identification | ||
certificate issued under this subchapter is not valid as proof of | ||
the certificate holder's identity for any federal purposes or for | ||
purposes of voting in any election, including a national, state, or | ||
local election. | ||
Sec. 521.112. NON-REAL ID PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION | ||
CERTIFICATE. (a) The department shall: | ||
(1) designate and clearly mark as a non-REAL ID | ||
personal identification certificate each certificate issued under | ||
this subchapter; and | ||
(2) include on a certificate issued under this | ||
subchapter an indication that the certificate is not valid proof of | ||
identity for any federal or voting purposes. | ||
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the | ||
provisions of this chapter and other law applicable to the issuance | ||
or renewal of, an applicant or application for, or a holder of a | ||
personal identification certificate are applicable to the issuance | ||
or renewal of, an applicant or application for, or a holder of a | ||
non-REAL ID personal identification certificate. | ||
Sec. 521.113. RULES. (a) The department shall adopt rules | ||
to implement this subchapter, including rules: | ||
(1) regarding the design and content of the non-REAL | ||
ID personal identification certificate; and | ||
(2) establishing criteria for proof of identification | ||
and residency of an applicant. | ||
(b) Rules establishing criteria for proof of identification | ||
must allow an applicant to establish identity through presentation | ||
of a foreign birth certificate or unexpired foreign passport that | ||
includes a certified translation if the document is not in English. | ||
Sec. 521.114. CERTAIN APPLICATION PROVISIONS INAPPLICABLE. | ||
Notwithstanding Section 521.101(f-3), the requirement in Section | ||
521.101(d-1) that an applicant who is not a citizen of the United | ||
States present to the department documentation that authorizes the | ||
applicant to be in the United States does not apply to an | ||
application for the issuance of a non-REAL ID personal | ||
identification certificate. | ||
Sec. 521.115. EXPIRATION. Notwithstanding Sections | ||
521.101(f) and (f-1), each non-REAL ID personal identification | ||
certificate issued or renewed under this subchapter expires one | ||
year after the date of issuance or renewal. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 521.421, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (l) to read as follows: | ||
(l) The fee for issuance or renewal of a non-REAL ID | ||
personal identification certificate is $100. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Department of | ||
Public Safety of the State of Texas shall adopt the rules necessary | ||
to implement Subchapter E-1, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, as | ||
added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |