Bill Text: TX SB101 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a limited term driver's license; authorizing fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to Transportation [SB101 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB101-Introduced.html
  88R219 AJZ-D
 
  By: Johnson S.B. No. 101
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation of a limited term driver's license;
  authorizing fees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 521, Transportation Code, is amended by
  adding Subchapter K-1 to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER K-1. LIMITED TERM DRIVER'S LICENSE
         Sec. 521.231.  ELIGIBILITY. The department may issue a
  limited term driver's license, including a learner license or a
  provisional license, to an applicant who:
               (1)  as of the date the license is issued, has resided
  in this state for at least one year;
               (2)  meets the requirements for the license other than
  an application requirement described by Section 521.235; and
               (3)  provides to the department either:
                     (A)  a social security number; or
                     (B)  an individual taxpayer identification number
  issued by the Internal Revenue Service.
         Sec. 521.232.  NOT TO BE USED AS IDENTIFICATION FOR FEDERAL
  OR VOTING PURPOSES. A limited term driver's license issued under
  this subchapter is not valid as proof of the license holder's
  identity for any federal purposes or for purposes of voting in any
  election, including a national, state, or local election.
         Sec. 521.233.  LIMITED TERM DRIVER'S LICENSE. (a) The
  department shall:
               (1)  designate and clearly mark as a limited term
  driver's license each license issued under this subchapter; and
               (2)  include on a license issued under this subchapter
  an indication that the license 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
  driver's license, including a provisional license or learner
  license, are applicable to the issuance or renewal of, an applicant
  or application for, or a holder of a limited term driver's license.
         Sec. 521.234.  RULES. (a) The department shall adopt rules
  to implement this subchapter, including rules:
               (1)  regarding the design and content of the limited
  term driver's license; 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. 521.235.  CERTAIN APPLICATION PROVISIONS INAPPLICABLE.
  The following provisions do not apply to an application for the
  issuance or renewal of a limited term driver's license:
               (1)  notwithstanding Section 521.1425, the requirement
  in Section 521.142(a) 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; and
               (2)  Sections 521.142(c)(7) and (g).
         Sec. 521.236.  EXPIRATION. Notwithstanding Sections
  521.271 and 521.2711:
               (1)  each limited term driver's license issued or
  renewed under this subchapter expires on the third birthday of the
  license holder occurring after the date of issuance or renewal; and
               (2)  each provisional limited term driver's license and
  limited term learner license issued under this subchapter expires
  on the 18th birthday of the license holder.
         SECTION 2.  Section 521.421, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsections (l) and (m) to read as follows:
         (l)  Except as provided by Subsection (m), the fee for
  issuance or renewal of a limited term driver's license is $25.
         (m)  The fee for issuance of a provisional limited term
  driver's license or limited term learner license is $16.
         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 K-1, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, as
  added by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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