Bill Text: TX SB1049 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1049 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the proof of citizenship or lawful presence in the United States required for the issuance of a driver's license.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1049 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1049-Introduced.html

	86R11235 JRJ-D

	By: Fallon	S.B. No. 1049



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the proof of citizenship or lawful presence in the
	United States required for the issuance of a driver's license.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 521.142(a), Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a) An application for an original license must state the
	applicant's full name and place and date of birth. This
	information must be verified by presentation of proof of identity
	satisfactory to the department. An applicant who is not a citizen
	of the United States must present to the department documentation
	issued by the appropriate United States agency that authorizes the
	applicant to be in the United States before the applicant may be
	issued a driver's license. The department must accept as
	satisfactory proof of identity under this subsection an offender
	identification card or similar form of identification issued to an
	inmate by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if the applicant
	also provides supplemental verifiable records or documents that aid
	in establishing identity. For the purposes of this subsection, a
	voter registration certificate is not satisfactory proof of
	authorization to be in the United States.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it 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, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.