Bill Text: TX SB1532 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a photograph on a personal identification certificate, driver's license, or commercial driver's license.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-09 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [SB1532 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1532-Engrossed.html
| By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1532 | |
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| relating to a photograph on a personal identification certificate, | ||
| driver's license, or commercial driver's license. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 521.101, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: | ||
| (k) The department may include a color or laser engraved | ||
| photograph of the holder of the personal identification | ||
| certificate. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 521.121, Transportation | ||
| Code, as amended by Chapters 316 (H.B. 598) and 1146 (H.B. 2730), | ||
| Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted | ||
| and amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The driver's license must include: | ||
| (1) a distinguishing number assigned by the department | ||
| to the license holder; | ||
| (2) a color or laser engraved photograph of the entire | ||
| face of the holder; | ||
| (3) the full name and date of birth of the holder; | ||
| (4) a brief description of the holder; and | ||
| (5) the license holder's residence address or, for a | ||
| license holder using the procedure under Subsection (c), the street | ||
| address of the courthouse in which the license holder or license | ||
| holder's spouse serves as a federal judge or state judge. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 522.030, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 522.030. CONTENT OF LICENSE. A commercial driver's | ||
| license must: | ||
| (1) be marked "Commercial Driver License" or "CDL"; | ||
| (2) be, to the extent practicable, tamper-proof; and | ||
| (3) include: | ||
| (A) the name and mailing address of the person to | ||
| whom it is issued; | ||
| (B) the person's color or laser engraved | ||
| photograph; | ||
| (C) a physical description of the person, | ||
| including sex, height, and eye color; | ||
| (D) the person's date of birth; | ||
| (E) a number or identifier the department | ||
| considers appropriate; | ||
| (F) the person's signature; | ||
| (G) each class of commercial motor vehicle that | ||
| the person is authorized to drive, with any endorsements or | ||
| restrictions; | ||
| (H) the name of this state; and | ||
| (I) the dates between which the license is valid. | ||
| SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a driver's license, personal identification certificate, or | ||
| commercial driver's license issued or renewed on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. A driver's license, personal | ||
| identification certificate, or commercial driver's license issued | ||
| or renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
| law in effect when the license or certificate was issued, and the | ||
| former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | ||
| over another Act of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, | ||
| relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | ||
| codes. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
