Bill Text: TX SB1936 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to disabled veterans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1936 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1936-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and personal identification certificates to disabled veterans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1936 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1936-Introduced.html
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By: Hughes | S.B. No. 1936 |
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relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and | ||
personal identification certificates to disabled veterans. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 521.011, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.011. SERVICES INFORMATION FOR VETERANS. The | ||
department and the Texas Veterans Commission shall jointly develop | ||
a one-page informational paper about veterans services provided by | ||
this state for veterans who receive: | ||
(1) a driver's license with a designation under | ||
Section 521.1235; or | ||
(2) a personal identification certificate with a | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 521.101(l), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(l) The application for the personal identification | ||
certificate must provide space for the applicant: | ||
(1) to voluntarily list any information [ |
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identification certificate with a [ |
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Section 521.102; and | ||
(2) to include proof required by the department to | ||
determine the applicant's eligibility to receive that designation. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 521.102, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsections (b-1) | ||
and (d) to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section:[ |
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(1) "Disability rating" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 11.22, Tax Code. | ||
(2) "Disabled veteran" and "veteran" have the meanings | ||
assigned by Section 521.1235 [ |
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(b-1) If a disabled veteran provides proof sufficient to the | ||
department, the department, on request of the disabled veteran, | ||
shall include on a personal identification certificate issued to | ||
the disabled veteran in any available space on the face of the | ||
personal identification certificate or on the reverse side of the | ||
personal identification certificate: | ||
(1) a disabled veteran designation; | ||
(2) the disabled veteran's service-connected | ||
disability rating; and | ||
(3) the branch of the service in which the disabled | ||
veteran served. | ||
(c) The department shall provide to the recipient of a | ||
personal identification certificate with a [ |
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under this section the informational paper described by Section | ||
521.011 at the time the certificate is issued. | ||
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of | ||
obtaining a service or benefit available for disabled veterans in | ||
this state, a disabled veteran may use a personal identification | ||
certificate described by Subsection (b-1) as satisfactory proof of | ||
the disabled veteran's disability rating, branch of service, and | ||
honorable discharge. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 521.1235, Transportation Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsections | ||
(b-1) and (d) to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Disability rating" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 11.22, Tax Code. | ||
(2) "Disabled veteran" means a veteran who has | ||
suffered a service-connected disability with a disability rating | ||
of: | ||
(A) at least 50 percent; or | ||
(B) 40 percent if the rating is due to the | ||
amputation of a lower extremity. | ||
(3) "Veteran" [ |
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guard, or marine corps of the United States; or | ||
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defined by Section 437.001, Government Code; and | ||
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branch of the service in which the person served. | ||
(b-1) If a disabled veteran provides proof sufficient to the | ||
department, the department, on request of the disabled veteran, | ||
shall include on a driver's license issued to the disabled veteran | ||
in any available space on the face of the driver's license or on the | ||
reverse side of the driver's license: | ||
(1) a disabled veteran designation; | ||
(2) the disabled veteran's service-connected | ||
disability rating; and | ||
(3) the branch of the service in which the disabled | ||
veteran served. | ||
(c) The department shall provide to the recipient of a | ||
driver's license with a [ |
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the informational paper described by Section 521.011 at the time | ||
the license is issued. | ||
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of | ||
obtaining a service or benefit available for disabled veterans in | ||
this state, a disabled veteran may use a driver's license described | ||
by Subsection (b-1) as satisfactory proof of the disabled veteran's | ||
disability rating, branch of service, and honorable discharge. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 521.142(i), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(i) The application must provide space for the applicant: | ||
(1) to voluntarily list any information [ |
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(2) to include proof required by the department to | ||
determine the applicant's eligibility to receive that designation. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |