Bill Text: TX HB3478 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of and the requirements for obtaining certain driver's licenses or identification certificates; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-28 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3478 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3478-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa | H.B. No. 3478 |
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relating to the issuance of and the requirements for obtaining | ||
certain driver's licenses or identification certificates; | ||
authorizing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 521.009(a), (a-1), and (c), | ||
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The department may establish a program for the provision | ||
of renewal and duplicate driver's license, election identification | ||
certificate, and personal identification certificate services in | ||
counties and municipalities that enter into an agreement with the | ||
department under Subsection (a-1). | ||
(a-1) Under the program, the department may enter into an | ||
agreement with the commissioners court of a county or the governing | ||
body of a municipality to permit county or municipal employees to | ||
provide services at a county or municipal office relating to the | ||
issuance of renewal and duplicate driver's licenses, election | ||
identification certificates, and personal identification | ||
certificates, including: | ||
(1) taking photographs; | ||
(2) administering vision tests; | ||
(3) updating a driver's license, election | ||
identification certificate, or personal identification certificate | ||
to change a name, address, or photograph; | ||
(4) distributing and collecting information relating | ||
to donations under Section 521.401; | ||
(5) collecting fees; and | ||
(6) performing other basic ministerial functions and | ||
tasks necessary to issue renewal and duplicate driver's licenses, | ||
election identification certificates, and personal identification | ||
certificates. | ||
(c) A participating county or municipality must remit to the | ||
department for deposit as required by this chapter fees collected | ||
for the issuance of a renewal or duplicate driver's license or | ||
personal identification certificate. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 521.148, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) This section does not apply to a person who holds a valid | ||
driver's license issued by this state or another state that | ||
includes an authorization to operate a motorcycle. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 521.1601, Transportation Code, as added | ||
by Chapter 1413 (S.B. 1317), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2009, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.1601. DRIVER EDUCATION REQUIRED. (a) The | ||
department may not issue a driver's license to a person who is | ||
younger than 25 years of age unless the person submits to the | ||
department a driver education certificate issued under Chapter | ||
1001, Education Code, that states that the person has completed and | ||
passed: | ||
(1) a driver education and traffic safety course | ||
conducted by an entity exempt from licensure under Section | ||
1001.002, Education Code, or a driver education course approved by | ||
the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Chapter | ||
1001, Education Code; or | ||
(2) if the person is 18 years of age or older, a driver | ||
education course approved by the Texas Department of Licensing and | ||
Regulation under Section 1001.101 or 1001.1015, Education Code. | ||
(b) This section does not apply to a person who holds a valid | ||
license issued by another state or a foreign country. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 521.428, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.428. COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL FEE. A county or | ||
municipality that provides services under an agreement described by | ||
Section 521.009 may collect an additional fee of up to $5 for each | ||
transaction provided that relates to driver's license and personal | ||
identification certificate services only. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 522.034, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) This section does not apply to a person who holds a valid | ||
driver's license issued by this state or another state that | ||
includes an authorization to operate a motorcycle. | ||
SECTION 6. The following are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 521.124, Transportation Code; and | ||
(2) Section 521.1601, Transportation Code, as added by | ||
Chapter 1253 (H.B. 339), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2009. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |