Bill Text: TX SB2138 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a pilot program for the issuance of digital driver's licenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-26 - Left pending in committee [SB2138 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2138-Introduced.html
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By: Lucio | S.B. No. 2138 |
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relating to the establishment of a pilot program for the issuance of | ||
digital driver's licenses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 7, Transportation Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 526 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 526. DIGITAL DRIVER'S LICENSE PILOT PROGRAM | ||
Sec. 526.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter, "department" | ||
and "driver's license" have the meanings assigned by Section | ||
521.001. | ||
Sec. 526.002. DIGITAL DRIVER'S LICENSE PILOT PROGRAM. (a) | ||
If funds are appropriated for the purposes of this chapter, the | ||
department by rule may establish a pilot program for the issuance of | ||
digital driver's licenses in Cameron County. | ||
(b) In establishing the digital driver's license pilot | ||
program, the department shall incorporate one or more of the | ||
following phases: | ||
(1) an assessment of existing department | ||
infrastructure and an identification of changes required to | ||
implement the program; | ||
(2) an upgrade to department infrastructure according | ||
to the department's findings under Subdivision (1); | ||
(3) creation of a mobile application that: | ||
(A) displays a digital driver's license on a | ||
wireless communication device; and | ||
(B) includes an authentication and verification | ||
process for a wireless communication device; | ||
(4) deployment of the digital driver's license mobile | ||
application to department users for testing and evaluation; and | ||
(5) on department approval, the expansion of the | ||
deployment of the digital driver's license mobile application to a | ||
small volunteer group consisting of members of the public and the | ||
implementation of a law enforcement version of the application for | ||
field testing. | ||
(c) The department may contract with another person to | ||
establish the pilot program described by this section. | ||
(d) The department shall prepare a report containing the | ||
results of the pilot program and the department's recommendations. | ||
The department shall submit the report to the Public Safety | ||
Commission and the legislature not later than December 1, 2018. | ||
Sec. 526.003. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires September | ||
1, 2019. | ||
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, 2017. |