Bill Text: TX HB3685 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for the issuance of a driver's license, personal identification certificate, commercial driver's license, or commercial driver learner's permit to a sex offender.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-21 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB3685 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3685-Introduced.html

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83R5689 AJZ-D
By: Naishtat H.B. No. 3685

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirements for the issuance of a driver's
license, personal identification certificate, commercial driver's
license, or commercial driver learner's permit to a sex offender.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.103, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 521.103. PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE ISSUED
TO [EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS FOR] CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS.
(a) The department may issue an original or renewal personal
identification certificate to a person whose driver's license or
personal identification certificate record indicates that the
person is subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62,
Code of Criminal Procedure, only if the person:
(1) applies in person for the issuance of a
certificate under this section; and
(2) pays a fee of $20.
(b) [A personal identification certificate issued under
this section, including a renewal, duplicate, or corrected
certificate, expires on the first birthday of the certificate
holder occurring after the date of application, except that the
initial certificate issued under this section expires on the second
birthday of the certificate holder occurring after the date of
application.
[(c)] Sections 521.101(f-2), (f-3), and (f-4) apply to a
personal identification certificate for which application is made
under this section.
SECTION 2. Section 522.051(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (f) and Sections
522.013(e)[, 522.033,] and 522.054, an original commercial
driver's license or commercial driver learner's permit expires five
years after the applicant's next birthday.
SECTION 3. The following laws are repealed:
(1) Article 62.060(b), Code of Criminal Procedure;
(2) Sections 521.272(c) and (d), Transportation Code;
and
(3) Section 522.033(b), Transportation Code.
SECTION 4. The repeal by this Act of Article 62.060(b), Code
of Criminal Procedure, does not apply to an offense committed under
that subsection before the effective date of the repeal. An offense
committed before the effective date of the repeal is governed by
that subsection as it existed on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of the repeal if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
521.103, 521.272, 522.033, and 522.051, Transportation Code, apply
only to a driver's license, personal identification certificate,
commercial driver's license, or commercial driver learner's permit
issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A
driver's license, personal identification certificate, commercial
driver's license, or commercial driver learner's permit issued or
renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect when the license, certificate, or permit was issued, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.