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


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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

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.
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