Bill Text: TX SB2557 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to optional designations on a driver's license, personal identification certificate, or commercial driver's license or learner's permit for blood type and blood disorders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-05-01 - Referred to Transportation [SB2557 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2557-Introduced.html
By: West | S.B. No. 2557 | |
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relating to optional designations on a driver's license, personal | ||
identification certificate, or commercial driver's license or | ||
learner's permit for blood type and blood disorders. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 521.1251 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.1251. OPTIONAL DESIGNATIONS FOR BLOOD TYPE AND | ||
BLOOD DISORDERS. (a) The department shall provide to each | ||
applicant for the issuance of an original, renewal, corrected, or | ||
duplicate driver's license or personal identification certificate | ||
who applies in person, by mail, over the Internet, or by other | ||
electronic means the opportunity to indicate on the person's | ||
driver's license or personal identification certificate: | ||
(1) the person's blood type; and | ||
(2) whether the person has a blood disorder and, if so, | ||
the type of blood disorder. | ||
(b) The department shall include on each driver's license | ||
issued to a person who makes an election under this section a | ||
designation that indicates the person's blood type and blood | ||
disorder, as applicable. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 522.030, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The department shall provide to each applicant for the | ||
issuance of an original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate | ||
commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit who | ||
applies in person, by mail, over the Internet, or by other | ||
electronic means the opportunity to indicate on the person's | ||
commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit: | ||
(1) the person's blood type; and | ||
(2) whether the person has a blood disorder and, if so, | ||
the type of blood disorder. | ||
(f) The department shall include on each commercial | ||
driver's license or commercial learner's permit issued to a person | ||
who makes an election under Subsection (e) a designation that | ||
indicates the person's blood type and blood disorder, as | ||
applicable. | ||
SECTION 3. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt | ||
rules as necessary to implement Sections 521.1251 and 522.030(e) | ||
and (f), Transportation Code, as added by this Act, not later than | ||
November 1, 2019. | ||
SECTION 4. 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. |