Bill Text: TX HB598 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to requiring certain applicants for motor vehicle registration to provide proof that the applicant holds a valid driver's license.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-03 - Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. [HB598 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB598-Engrossed.html
| By: Jackson, Otto, Flynn, et al. | H.B. No. 598 | |
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| relating to requiring certain applicants for motor vehicle | ||
| registration to provide proof that the applicant holds a valid | ||
| driver's license. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 502, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 502.1536 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 502.1536. EVIDENCE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE. (a) Except as | ||
| provided by Subsection (d), a county assessor-collector may not | ||
| register a motor vehicle owned by an individual unless the owner | ||
| provides proof that the owner holds a driver's license issued under | ||
| Chapter 521 or a commercial driver's license issued under Chapter | ||
| 522 that is valid at the time the application for registration is | ||
| presented to the county assessor-collector. | ||
| (b) The department shall by rule prescribe the form of proof | ||
| acceptable under this section. | ||
| (c) A county assessor-collector is not liable to any person | ||
| for refusing to register a motor vehicle because of the person's | ||
| failure to submit proof that the person holds a driver's license | ||
| issued under Chapter 521 or a currently valid commercial driver's | ||
| license issued under Chapter 522. | ||
| (d) This section does not apply to: | ||
| (1) a vehicle owned by an individual 65 years of age or | ||
| older; | ||
| (2) a vehicle owned by a person with a disability, as | ||
| defined by Section 3, Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 12102); | ||
| (3) a vehicle owned by a nonresident who holds a | ||
| driver's license recognized under Section 521.030; or | ||
| (4) a vehicle registered under Section 501.0234. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an application for registration submitted to a county | ||
| assessor-collector on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
| application submitted to a county assessor-collector before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the | ||
| date the application was submitted, and that law is continued in | ||
| effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
