Bill Text: TX SB710 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 710 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to a photograph on a driver's license.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-21 - Referred to Transportation [SB710 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB710-Introduced.html

	85R2746 AAF-D

	By: Birdwell	S.B. No. 710



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a photograph on a driver's license.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 521.121(a), Transportation Code, is
	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~~] 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 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
	a driver's license issued or renewed on or after the effective date
	of this Act. A driver's license issued or renewed before the
	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
	license was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.