Bill Text: TX SR1251 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 90.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2011-05-28 - Received by the Secretary of the Senate [SR1251 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR1251-Introduced.html
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By: Birdwell | S.R. No. 1251 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, That Senate Rule 12.03 be | ||
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the | ||
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on House | ||
Bill 90 (eligibility to obtain a driver's license and a study | ||
relating to the security and validity of driver's licenses and | ||
personal identification certificates) to consider and take action | ||
on the following matter: | ||
Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee to | ||
add text on a matter which is not included in either the house or | ||
senate version of the bill by adding the following new SECTIONS to | ||
the bill: | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 521.007 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.007. SECURITY, VALIDITY, AND EFFICIENCY STUDY. | ||
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Public Safety Commission | ||
shall study procedures and requirements necessary or advisable to | ||
ensure the security and validity of driver's licenses and personal | ||
identification certificates issued under this chapter. The | ||
commission shall adopt rules to implement any procedures or | ||
requirements the commission finds are necessary or advisable. | ||
(b) The study must include an analysis of potential cost | ||
savings, revenue issues, and other fiscal matters related to the | ||
issuance of a driver's license or personal identification | ||
certificate. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission by rule | ||
may specify the term of a driver's license or personal | ||
identification certificate issued under this chapter. | ||
SECTION 5. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of | ||
this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
(b) Section 521.007, Transportation Code, as added by this | ||
Act, takes effect immediately if this Act 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, Section 521.007 | ||
takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
Explanation: This addition is necessary to provide for a | ||
study to ensure the security and validity of driver's licenses and | ||
personal identification certificates. |