Bill Text: TX SB1292 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to a peace officer that includes an alternative to the officer's residence address.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB1292 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1292-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1292 | ||
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| relating to the issuance of a driver's license to a peace officer | ||
| that includes an alternative to the officer's residence address. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 521.1211 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 521.1211. DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR PEACE OFFICER. (a) In | ||
| this section, "peace officer" has the meaning assigned by Article | ||
| 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Section 521.121(a), the department by | ||
| rule shall adopt procedures for the issuance of a driver's license | ||
| to a peace officer that omits the license holder's actual residence | ||
| address and includes, as an alternative, an address that is in the | ||
| municipality or county of the peace officer's residence and is | ||
| acceptable to the department. | ||
| (c) To be issued a driver's license under this section, a | ||
| peace officer must apply to the department and provide sufficient | ||
| evidence acceptable to the department to establish the applicant's | ||
| status as a peace officer. On issuance of the license, the license | ||
| holder shall surrender any other driver's license issued to the | ||
| holder by the department. | ||
| (d) If the holder of a driver's license that includes an | ||
| alternative address moves to a new residence or if the name of the | ||
| person is changed by marriage or otherwise, the license holder | ||
| shall, not later than the 30th day after the date of the address or | ||
| name change, notify the department and provide the department with | ||
| the number of the person's driver's license and, as applicable, the | ||
| person's: | ||
| (1) former and new addresses; or | ||
| (2) former and new names. | ||
| (e) If the holder of a driver's license that includes an | ||
| alternative address ceases to be a peace officer, the license | ||
| holder shall, not later than the 30th day after the date of the | ||
| status change, apply to the department for issuance of a duplicate | ||
| license. The duplicate license must include the person's actual | ||
| current residence address. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1292 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1292 passed the House on | ||
| May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
