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. | ||
