H.B. No. 1814

	AN ACT
	relating to the online renewal of driver's licenses of certain
	active duty military personnel and relatives.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 521.274(b), Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A rule adopted under this section:
	(1)  may prescribe eligibility standards for renewal
	under this section;
	(2)  may not permit a person subject to the
	registration requirements under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, to register by mail or electronic means; [and]
	(3)  may not permit renewal by mail or electronic means
	of a driver's license of a person who is 79 years of age or older;
	and
	(4)  must allow for the renewal of a driver's license by
	electronic means, regardless of when the license expires, of:
	(A)  a person who:
	(i)  is on active duty in the armed forces of
	the United States; and
	(ii)  is absent from the state; and
	(B)  the spouse or dependent child of a person
	described by Paragraph (A).
	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, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1814 was passed by the House on April
	23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1814 was passed by the Senate on May
	20, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor