Bill Text: TX HR2685 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 90.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-28 - Filed [HR2685 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2685-Introduced.html
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| By: Cook | H.R. No. 2685 | |
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| BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of | ||
| Texas, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, That House Rule 13, | ||
| Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, | ||
| Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to | ||
| resolve the differences on House Bill 90 (eligibility to obtain a | ||
| driver's license and to a study relating to the security and | ||
| validity of driver's licenses and personal identification | ||
| certificates) to consider and take action on the following matter: | ||
| House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the | ||
| committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either | ||
| the house or senate version of the bill by adding the following new | ||
| SECTIONS to the bill: | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 521.007 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 521.007. SECURITY, VALIDITY, AND EFFICIENCY STUDY. | ||
| (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Public Safety Commission | ||
| shall study procedures and requirements necessary or advisable to | ||
| ensure the security and validity of driver's licenses and personal | ||
| identification certificates issued under this chapter. The | ||
| commission shall adopt rules to implement any procedures or | ||
| requirements the commission finds are necessary or advisable. | ||
| (b) The study must include an analysis of potential cost | ||
| savings, revenue issues, and other fiscal matters related to the | ||
| issuance of a driver's license or personal identification | ||
| certificate. | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission by rule | ||
| may specify the term of a driver's license or personal | ||
| identification certificate issued under this chapter. | ||
| SECTION 5. The legislature declares that the Department of | ||
| Public Safety had the statutory authority to adopt the rules | ||
| regarding driver's licenses and personal identification | ||
| certificates that are in effect on the effective date of this Act | ||
| and that the rules are valid. | ||
| SECTION 6. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of | ||
| this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| (b) Section 521.007, Transportation Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, takes effect immediately if this Act receives a vote of | ||
| two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by | ||
| Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not | ||
| receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, Section 521.007 | ||
| takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| Explanation: This addition is necessary to provide for a | ||
| study to ensure the security and validity of driver's licenses and | ||
| personal identification certificates and to validate certain rules | ||
| regarding those licenses and certificates. | ||
