83R8018 JRR-D
 
  By: McClendon H.B. No. 1515
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the assumption of the powers and duties relating to
  driver's licenses and personal identification cards by the Texas
  Department of Motor Vehicles and the authority of a county to
  provide driver's licenses and other identification certificate
  services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 502.357(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to
  the credit of the state highway fund.  Subject to appropriations,
  the money shall be used by the department [Department of Public
  Safety] to:
               (1)  support the department's [Department of Public
  Safety's] reengineering of the driver's license system to provide
  for the issuance by the department [Department of Public Safety] of
  a driver's license or personal identification certificate, to
  include use of image comparison technology;
               (2)  establish and maintain a system to support the
  driver responsibility program under Chapter 708; and
               (3)  make lease payments to the master lease purchase
  program for the financing of the driver's license reengineering
  project.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 521.001(a)(1-a) and (2),
  Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
               (1-a)  "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor
  Vehicles [Public Safety].
               (2)  "Director" means the executive [public safety]
  director of the department.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 521.008 to read as follows:
         Sec. 521.008.  AGREEMENT REGARDING THE PROVISION OF DRIVER'S
  LICENSES AND OTHER IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE SERVICES.  (a)  The
  department may enter into an agreement with a county
  assessor-collector to train county assessor-collector employees to
  provide services at county offices relating to the issuance of
  driver's licenses, election identification certificates, and
  personal identification certificates, including:
               (1)  issuing renewal or duplicate driver's licenses;
               (2)  taking photographs;
               (3)  administering vision tests;
               (4)  updating a driver's license, election
  identification certificate, or personal identification certificate
  to change a name, address, or photo;
               (5)  distributing and collecting information relating
  to donations under Section 521.401;
               (6)  collecting fees; and
               (7)  performing other basic administrative functions
  and tasks necessary to issue renewal and duplicate driver's
  licenses, election identification certificates, and personal
  identification certificates.
         (b)  An agreement under Subsection (a) may not include
  training to administer an examination for driver's license
  applicants under Subchapter H.
         (c)  A participating county assessor-collector must remit to
  the department for deposit as required by this chapter fees
  collected for the issuance of a renewal or duplicate driver's
  license or personal identification certificate.
         (d)  The department shall adopt rules to administer this
  section.
         SECTION 4.  Section 522.003(8), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (8)  "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor
  Vehicles [Public Safety].
         SECTION 5.  Section 522.007, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 522.007.  EXEMPTION FOR NEIGHBORING STATES. (a) The
  executive [public safety] director of the department shall enter
  negotiations with an appropriate person or entity of a state
  bordering this state for the purpose of applying the exemption
  contained in Section 522.004(a)(1) to residents of that state.
         (b)  The executive [public safety] director of the
  department may enter an agreement to apply the exemption contained
  in Section 522.004(a)(1) to residents of a bordering state only if
  that state extends a similar exemption to residents of this state.
         SECTION 6.  Sections 523.003(2) and (5), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "Executive director" means the executive director
  of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] or the
  equivalent officer of another state.
               (5)  "Licensing authority" means the Texas Department
  of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] or the equivalent agency of
  another state.
         SECTION 7.  Sections 524.001(8) and (9), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
               (8)  "Department" means the Texas Department of Motor
  Vehicles [Public Safety].
               (9)  "Director" means the executive [public safety]
  director of the department.
         SECTION 8.  Section 525.001(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
  shall include motorcycle and bicycle awareness information in [any
  edition of] the Texas driver's handbook [published after the
  department exhausts the supply of the handbook that the department
  had on September 1, 1993].
         SECTION 9.  Section 601.233(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A citation for an offense under Section 601.191 issued
  as a result of Section 601.053 must include, in type larger than
  other type on the citation, except for the type of the statement
  required by Section 708.105, the following statement:
         "A second or subsequent conviction of an offense under
  the Texas Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act will
  result in the suspension of your driver's license and
  motor vehicle registration unless you file and
  maintain evidence of financial responsibility with the
  Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] for
  two years from the date of conviction.  The department
  may waive the requirement to file evidence of
  financial responsibility if you file satisfactory
  evidence with the department showing that at the time
  this citation was issued, the vehicle was covered by a
  motor vehicle liability insurance policy or that you
  were otherwise exempt from the requirements to provide
  evidence of financial responsibility."
         SECTION 10.  Section 411.0111, Government Code, is
  transferred to Chapter 1003, Transportation Code, and redesignated
  as Section 1003.006, Transportation Code, to read as follows:
         Sec. 1003.006  [411.0111].  PROVISION OF CERTAIN
  INFORMATION TO COMPTROLLER. (a) Not later than June 1 of every
  fifth year, the department shall provide to the comptroller, for
  the purpose of assisting the comptroller in the identification of
  persons entitled to unclaimed property reported to the comptroller,
  the name, address, social security number, date of birth, and
  driver's license or state identification number of each person
  about whom the department has such information in its records.
         (b)  Information provided to the comptroller under this
  section is confidential and may not be disclosed to the public.
         (c)  The department shall provide the information in the
  format prescribed by rule of the comptroller.
         SECTION 11.  Section 106.03(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A person who sells a minor an alcoholic beverage does
  not commit an offense if the minor falsely represents himself to be
  21 years old or older by displaying an apparently valid proof of
  identification that contains a physical description and photograph
  consistent with the minor's appearance, purports to establish that
  the minor is 21 years of age or older, and was issued by a
  governmental agency.  The proof of identification may include a
  driver's license or identification card issued by the Texas 
  Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety], a passport, or a
  military identification card.
         SECTION 12.  Section 106.06(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  A judge, acting under Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, who places a defendant charged with an offense under
  this section on community supervision under that article shall, if
  the defendant committed the offense at a gathering where
  participants were involved in the abuse of alcohol, including binge
  drinking or forcing or coercing individuals to consume alcohol, in
  addition to any other condition imposed by the judge:
               (1)  require the defendant to:
                     (A)  perform community service for not less than
  20 or more than 40 hours; and
                     (B)  attend an alcohol awareness program approved
  under Section 106.115; and
               (2)  order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  [Public Safety] to suspend the driver's license or permit of the
  defendant or, if the defendant does not have a driver's license or
  permit, to deny the issuance of a driver's license or permit to the
  defendant for 180 days.
         SECTION 13.  Section 106.071(d), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  In addition to any fine and any order issued under
  Section 106.115:
               (1)  the court shall order a minor placed on deferred
  disposition for or convicted of an offense to which this section
  applies to perform community service for:
                     (A)  not less than eight or more than 12 hours, if
  the minor has not been previously convicted of an offense to which
  this section applies; or
                     (B)  not less than 20 or more than 40 hours, if the
  minor has been previously convicted once of an offense to which this
  section applies; and
               (2)  the court shall order the Texas Department of
  Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to suspend the driver's license or
  permit of a minor convicted of an offense to which this section
  applies or, if the minor does not have a driver's license or permit,
  to deny the issuance of a driver's license or permit for:
                     (A)  30 days, if the minor has not been previously
  convicted of an offense to which this section applies;
                     (B)  60 days, if the minor has been previously
  convicted once of an offense to which this section applies; or
                     (C)  180 days, if the minor has been previously
  convicted twice or more of an offense to which this section applies.
         SECTION 14.  Sections 106.115(d) and (e), Alcoholic Beverage
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (d)  If the defendant does not present the required evidence
  within the prescribed period, the court:
               (1)  shall order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  [Public Safety] to:
                     (A)  suspend the defendant's driver's license or
  permit for a period not to exceed six months or, if the defendant
  does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license
  or permit to the defendant for that period; or
                     (B)  if the defendant has been previously
  convicted of an offense under one or more of the sections listed in
  Subsection (a), suspend the defendant's driver's license or permit
  for a period not to exceed one year or, if the defendant does not
  have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license or
  permit to the defendant for that period; and
               (2)  may order the defendant or the parent, managing
  conservator, or guardian of the defendant to do any act or refrain
  from doing any act if the court determines that doing the act or
  refraining from doing the act will increase the likelihood that the
  defendant will present evidence to the court that the defendant has
  satisfactorily completed an alcohol awareness program or performed
  the required hours of community service.
         (e)  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
  shall send notice of the suspension or prohibition order issued
  under Subsection (d) by first class mail to the defendant. The
  notice must include the date of the suspension or prohibition
  order, the reason for the suspension or prohibition, and the period
  covered by the suspension or prohibition.
         SECTION 15.  Section 106.15(e), Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (e)  A person does not commit an offense under Subsection (a)
  if the person younger than 18 years of age falsely represents the
  person's age to be at least 18 years of age by displaying an
  apparently valid Texas driver's license or an identification card
  issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
  containing a physical description consistent with the person's
  appearance.
         SECTION 16.  Article 42.016, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Art. 42.016.  SPECIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION
  REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN SEX OFFENDERS. If a person is convicted
  of, receives a grant of deferred adjudication for, or is
  adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct based on a
  violation of an offense for which a conviction or adjudication
  requires registration as a sex offender under Chapter 62, the court
  shall:
               (1)  issue an order requiring the Texas Department of
  Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to include in any driver's license
  record or personal identification certificate record maintained by
  the department for the person an indication that the person is
  subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62;
               (2)  require the person to apply to the Texas
  Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] in person for an
  original or renewal driver's license or personal identification
  certificate not later than the 30th day after the date the person is
  released or the date the department sends written notice to the
  person of the requirements of Article 62.060, as applicable, and to
  annually renew the license or certificate;
               (3)  notify the person of the consequence of the
  conviction or order of deferred adjudication as it relates to the
  order issued under this article; and
               (4)  send to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  [Public Safety] a copy of the record of conviction, a copy of the
  order granting deferred adjudication, or a copy of the juvenile
  adjudication, as applicable, and a copy of the order issued under
  this article.
         SECTION 17.  Sections 13(h), (j), (l), and (m), Article
  42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (h)  If a person convicted of an offense under Sections
  49.04-49.08, Penal Code, is placed on community supervision, the
  judge shall require, as a condition of the community supervision,
  that the defendant attend and successfully complete before the
  181st day after the day community supervision is granted an
  educational program jointly approved by the Department of State
  Health Services [Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse], the
  Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety], the Traffic
  Safety Section of the Texas Department of Transportation, and the
  community justice assistance division of the Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice designed to rehabilitate persons who have driven
  while intoxicated.  The Department of State Health Services [Texas
  Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse] shall publish the jointly
  approved rules and shall monitor, coordinate, and provide training
  to persons providing the educational programs.  The Department of
  State Health Services [Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse]
  is responsible for the administration of the certification of
  approved educational programs and may charge a nonrefundable
  application fee for the initial certification of approval and for
  renewal of a certificate.  The judge may waive the educational
  program requirement or may grant an extension of time to
  successfully complete the program that expires not later than one
  year after the beginning date of the person's community
  supervision, however, if the defendant by a motion in writing shows
  good cause.  In determining good cause, the judge may consider but
  is not limited to:  the defendant's school and work schedule, the
  defendant's health, the distance that the defendant must travel to
  attend an educational program, and the fact that the defendant
  resides out of state, has no valid driver's license, or does not
  have access to transportation.  The judge shall set out the finding
  of good cause for waiver in the judgment.  If a defendant is
  required, as a condition of community supervision, to attend an
  educational program or if the court waives the educational program
  requirement, the court clerk shall immediately report that fact to
  the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety], on a form
  prescribed by the department, for inclusion in the person's driving
  record.  If the court grants an extension of time in which the
  person may complete the program, the court clerk shall immediately
  report that fact to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
  Safety] on a form prescribed by the department.  The report must
  include the beginning date of the person's community
  supervision.  Upon the person's successful completion of the
  educational program, the person's instructor shall give notice to
  the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] for
  inclusion in the person's driving record and to the community
  supervision and corrections department.  The community supervision
  and corrections department shall then forward the notice to the
  court clerk for filing.  If the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  [Public Safety] does not receive notice that a defendant required
  to complete an educational program has successfully completed the
  program within the period required by this section, as shown on
  department records, the department shall revoke the defendant's
  driver's license, permit, or privilege or prohibit the person from
  obtaining a license or permit, as provided by Sections 521.344(e)
  and (f), Transportation Code.  The Texas Department of Motor
  Vehicles [Public Safety] may not reinstate a license suspended
  under this subsection unless the person whose license was suspended
  makes application to the department for reinstatement of the
  person's license and pays to the department a reinstatement fee of
  $100.  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] shall
  remit all fees collected under this subsection to the comptroller
  for deposit in the general revenue fund.  This subsection does not
  apply to a defendant if a jury recommends community supervision for
  the defendant and also recommends that the defendant's driver's
  license not be suspended.
         (j)  The judge shall require a defendant who is punished
  under Section 49.09, Penal Code, as a condition of community
  supervision, to attend and successfully complete an educational
  program for repeat offenders approved by the Department of State
  Health Services [Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse]. The
  Department of State Health Services [Texas Commission on Alcohol
  and Drug Abuse] shall adopt rules and shall monitor, coordinate,
  and provide training to persons providing the educational programs.
  The Department of State Health Services [Texas Commission on
  Alcohol and Drug Abuse] is responsible for the administration of
  the certification of approved educational programs and may charge a
  nonrefundable application fee for initial certification of
  approval or for renewal of the certification. The judge may waive
  the educational program requirement only if the defendant by a
  motion in writing shows good cause. In determining good cause, the
  judge may consider the defendant's school and work schedule, the
  defendant's health, the distance that the defendant must travel to
  attend an educational program, and whether the defendant resides
  out of state or does not have access to transportation. The judge
  shall set out the finding of good cause in the judgment. If a
  defendant is required, as a condition of community supervision, to
  attend an educational program, the court clerk shall immediately
  report that fact to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
  Safety], on a form prescribed by the department, for inclusion in
  the defendant's driving record. The report must include the
  beginning date of the defendant's community supervision. On the
  defendant's successful completion of the educational program for
  repeat offenders, the defendant's instructor shall give notice to
  the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] for
  inclusion in the defendant's driving record and to the community
  supervision and corrections department. The community supervision
  and corrections department shall then forward the notice to the
  court clerk for filing. If the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  [Public Safety] does not receive notice that a defendant required
  to complete an educational program has successfully completed the
  program for repeat offenders within the period required by the
  judge, as shown on department records, the department shall revoke
  the defendant's driver's license, permit, or privilege or prohibit
  the defendant from obtaining a license or permit, as provided by
  Sections 521.344(e) and (f), Transportation Code.
         (l)  If the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
  Safety] receives notice that a defendant has been required or
  permitted to attend a subsequent educational program under
  Subsection (h), (j), or (k) of this section, although the
  previously required attendance had been waived, but the judge has
  not ordered a period of suspension, the department shall suspend
  the defendant's driver's license, permit, or operating privilege,
  or shall issue an order prohibiting the defendant from obtaining a
  license or permit for a period of 365 days.
         (m)  If a judge revokes the community supervision of a
  defendant for an offense under Section 49.04, Penal Code, or an
  offense involving the operation of a motor vehicle under Section
  49.07, Penal Code, and the driver's license or privilege to operate
  a motor vehicle has not previously been ordered by the judge to be
  suspended, or if the suspension was previously probated, the judge
  shall suspend the license or privilege for a period provided under
  Subchapter O, Chapter 521, Transportation Code. The suspension
  shall be reported to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
  Safety] as provided under Section 521.347, Transportation Code.
         SECTION 18.  Articles 45.050(c) and (f), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (c)  If a child fails to obey an order of a justice or
  municipal court under circumstances that would constitute contempt
  of court, the justice or municipal court, after providing notice
  and an opportunity to be heard, may:
               (1)  refer the child to the appropriate juvenile court
  for delinquent conduct for contempt of the justice or municipal
  court order; or
               (2)  retain jurisdiction of the case, hold the child in
  contempt of the justice or municipal court, and order either or both
  of the following:
                     (A)  that the contemnor pay a fine not to exceed
  $500; or
                     (B)  that the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  [Public Safety] suspend the contemnor's driver's license or permit
  or, if the contemnor does not have a license or permit, to deny the
  issuance of a license or permit to the contemnor until the contemnor
  fully complies with the orders of the court.
         (f)  A court that orders suspension or denial of a driver's
  license or permit under Subsection (c)(2)(B) shall notify the Texas 
  Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] on receiving proof of
  compliance with the orders of the court.
         SECTION 19.  Articles 45.0511(c), (c-1), and (l), Code of
  Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The court shall enter judgment on the defendant's plea
  of no contest or guilty at the time the plea is made, defer
  imposition of the judgment, and allow the defendant 90 days to
  successfully complete the approved driving safety course or
  motorcycle operator training course and present to the court:
               (1)  a uniform certificate of completion of the driving
  safety course or a verification of completion of the motorcycle
  operator training course;
               (2)  unless the judge proceeds under Subsection (c-1),
  the defendant's driving record as maintained by the Texas 
  Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety], if any, showing that
  the defendant had not completed an approved driving safety course
  or motorcycle operator training course, as applicable, within the
  12 months preceding the date of the offense;
               (3)  an affidavit stating that the defendant was not
  taking a driving safety course or motorcycle operator training
  course, as applicable, under this article on the date the request to
  take the course was made and had not completed such a course that is
  not shown on the defendant's driving record within the 12 months
  preceding the date of the offense; and
               (4)  if the defendant does not have a valid Texas
  driver's license or permit and is a member, or the spouse or
  dependent child of a member, of the United States military forces
  serving on active duty, an affidavit stating that the defendant was
  not taking a driving safety course or motorcycle operator training
  course, as appropriate, in another state on the date the request to
  take the course was made and had not completed such a course within
  the 12 months preceding the date of the offense.
         (c-1)  In this subsection, "state electronic Internet
  portal" has the meaning assigned by Section 2054.003, Government
  Code.  As an alternative to receiving the defendant's driving
  record under Subsection (c)(2), the judge, at the time the
  defendant requests a driving safety course or motorcycle operator
  training course dismissal under this article, may require the
  defendant to pay a fee in an amount equal to the sum of the amount of
  the fee established by Section 521.048, Transportation Code, and
  the state electronic Internet portal fee and, using the state
  electronic Internet portal, may request the Texas Department of
  Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to provide the judge with a copy of
  the defendant's driving record that shows the information described
  by Section 521.047(b), Transportation Code.  As soon as
  practicable and using the state electronic Internet portal, the
  Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] shall provide
  the judge with the requested copy of the defendant's driving
  record.  The fee authorized by this subsection is in addition to
  any other fee required under this article.  If the copy of the
  defendant's driving record provided to the judge under this
  subsection shows that the defendant has not completed an approved
  driving safety course or motorcycle operator training course, as
  appropriate, within the 12 months preceding the date of the
  offense, the judge shall allow the defendant to complete the
  appropriate course as provided by this article.  The custodian of a
  municipal or county treasury who receives fees collected under this
  subsection shall keep a record of the fees and, without deduction or
  proration, forward the fees to the comptroller, with and in the
  manner required for other fees and costs received in connection
  with criminal cases.  The comptroller shall credit fees received
  under this subsection to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  [Public Safety].
         (l)  When a defendant complies with Subsection (c), the court
  shall:
               (1)  remove the judgment and dismiss the charge;
               (2)  report the fact that the defendant successfully
  completed a driving safety course or a motorcycle operator training
  course and the date of completion to the Texas Department of Motor
  Vehicles [Public Safety] for inclusion in the person's driving
  record; and
               (3)  state in that report whether the course was taken
  under this article to provide information necessary to determine
  eligibility to take a subsequent course under Subsection (b).
         SECTION 20.  Article 45.054(f), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (f)  In addition to any other order authorized by this
  article, the court may order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  [Public Safety] to suspend the driver's license or permit of the
  individual who is the subject of the hearing or, if the individual
  does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license
  or permit to the individual for a period specified by the court not
  to exceed 365 days.
         SECTION 21.  Section 13.002(c), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  A registration application must include:
               (1)  the applicant's first name, middle name, if any,
  last name, and former name, if any;
               (2)  the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;
               (3)  a statement that the applicant is a United States
  citizen;
               (4)  a statement that the applicant is a resident of the
  county;
               (5)  a statement that the applicant has not been
  determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate
  jurisdiction to be:
                     (A)  totally mentally incapacitated; or
                     (B)  partially mentally incapacitated without the
  right to vote;
               (6)  a statement that the applicant has not been
  finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon
  eligible for registration under Section 13.001;
               (7)  the applicant's residence address or, if the
  residence has no address, the address at which the applicant
  receives mail and a concise description of the location of the
  applicant's residence;
               (8)  the following information:
                     (A)  the applicant's Texas driver's license number
  or the number of a personal identification card issued by the Texas 
  Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety];
                     (B)  if the applicant has not been issued a number
  described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's
  social security number; or
                     (C)  a statement by the applicant that the
  applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or
  (B);
               (9)  if the application is made by an agent, a statement
  of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and
               (10)  the city and county in which the applicant
  formerly resided.
         SECTION 22.  Section 13.004(c), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  The following information furnished on a registration
  application is confidential and does not constitute public
  information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code:
               (1)  a social security number;
               (2)  a Texas driver's license number;
               (3)  a number of a personal identification card issued
  by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety];
               (4)  an indication that an applicant is interested in
  working as an election judge; or
               (5)  the residence address of the applicant, if the
  applicant is a federal judge or state judge, as defined by Section
  13.0021, or the spouse of a federal judge or state judge, and
  included an affidavit with the registration application under
  Section 13.0021 or the registrar has received an affidavit
  submitted under Section 15.0215.
         SECTION 23.  Section 13.072(a), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  Unless the registrar challenges the applicant, the
  registrar shall approve the application if:
               (1)  the registrar determines that an application
  complies with Section 13.002 and indicates that the applicant is
  eligible for registration; and
               (2)  for an applicant who has not included a statement
  described by Section 13.002(c)(8)(C), the registrar verifies with
  the secretary of state:
                     (A)  the applicant's Texas driver's license number
  or number of a personal identification card issued by the Texas 
  Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]; or
                     (B)  the last four digits of the applicant's
  social security number.
         SECTION 24.  Section 13.122(a), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  In addition to the other statements and spaces for
  entering information that appear on an officially prescribed
  registration application form, each official form must include:
               (1)  the statement:  "I understand that giving false
  information to procure a voter registration is perjury and a crime
  under state and federal law.";
               (2)  a space for the applicant's registration number;
               (3)  a space for the applicant's Texas driver's license
  number or number of a personal identification card issued by the
  Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety];
               (4)  a space for the applicant's telephone number;
               (5)  a space for the applicant's social security
  number;
               (6)  a space for the applicant's sex;
               (7)  a statement indicating that the furnishing of the
  applicant's telephone number and sex is optional;
               (8)  a space or box for indicating whether the
  applicant or voter is submitting new registration information or a
  change in current registration information;
               (9)  a statement instructing a voter who is using the
  form to make a change in current registration information to enter
  the voter's name and the changed information in the appropriate
  spaces on the form;
               (10)  a statement that if the applicant declines to
  register to vote, that fact will remain confidential and will be
  used only for voter registration purposes;
               (11)  a statement that if the applicant does register
  to vote, information regarding the agency or office to which the
  application is submitted will remain confidential and will be used
  only for voter registration purposes;
               (12)  a space or box for indicating whether the
  applicant is interested in working as an election judge;
               (13)  a statement warning that a conviction for making
  a false statement may result in imprisonment for up to the maximum
  amount of time provided by law, a fine of up to the maximum amount
  provided by law, or both the imprisonment and the fine; and
               (14)  any other voter registration information
  required by federal law or considered appropriate and required by
  the secretary of state.
         SECTION 25.  Section 16.031(a), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The registrar shall cancel a voter's registration
  immediately on receipt of:
               (1)  notice under Section 13.072(b) or 15.021 or a
  response under Section 15.053 that the voter's residence is outside
  the county;
               (2)  an abstract of the voter's death certificate under
  Section 16.001(a) or an abstract of an application indicating that
  the voter is deceased under Section 16.001(b);
               (3)  an abstract of a final judgment of the voter's
  total mental incapacity, partial mental incapacity without the
  right to vote, conviction of a felony, or disqualification under
  Section 16.002, 16.003, or 16.004;
               (4)  notice under Section 112.012 that the voter has
  applied for a limited ballot in another county;
               (5)  notice from a voter registration official in
  another state that the voter has registered to vote outside this
  state;
               (6)  notice from the early voting clerk under Section
  101.053 [101.0041] that a federal postcard application submitted by
  an applicant states a voting residence address located outside the
  registrar's county; or
               (7)  notice from the secretary of state that the voter
  has registered to vote in another county, as determined by the
  voter's driver's license number or personal identification card
  number issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
  Safety] or social security number.
         SECTION 26.  Section 20.063(a), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
  shall provide to each person who applies in person at the
  department's offices for an original or renewal of a driver's
  license, a personal identification card, or a duplicate or
  corrected license or card an opportunity to complete a voter
  registration application form.
         SECTION 27.  Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 63.0101.  DOCUMENTATION OF PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION.  
  The following documentation is an acceptable form of photo
  identification under this chapter:
               (1)  a driver's license, election identification
  certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person
  by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] that has
  not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date
  of presentation;
               (2)  a United States military identification card that
  contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that
  expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;
               (3)  a United States citizenship certificate issued to
  the person that contains the person's photograph;
               (4)  a United States passport issued to the person that
  has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the
  date of presentation; or
               (5)  a license to carry a concealed handgun issued to
  the person by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired
  or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of
  presentation.
         SECTION 28.  Section 65.060, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 65.060.  DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY, DRIVER'S
  LICENSE, OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON PROVISIONAL BALLOT
  AFFIDAVIT. A social security number, Texas driver's license
  number, or number of a personal identification card issued by the
  Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] furnished on a
  provisional ballot affidavit is confidential and does not
  constitute public information for purposes of Chapter 552,
  Government Code.  The general custodian of election records shall
  ensure that a social security number, Texas driver's license
  number, or number of a personal identification card issued by the
  Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] is excluded from
  disclosure.
         SECTION 29.  Section 2.005(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The proof must be established by:
               (1)  a driver's license or identification card issued
  by this state, another state, or a Canadian province that is current
  or has expired not more than two years preceding the date the
  identification is submitted to the county clerk in connection with
  an application for a license;
               (2)  a United States passport;
               (3)  a current passport issued by a foreign country or a
  consular document issued by a state or national government;
               (4)  an unexpired Certificate of United States
  Citizenship, Certificate of Naturalization, United States Citizen
  Identification Card, Permanent Resident Card, Temporary Resident
  Card, Employment Authorization Card, or other document issued by
  the federal Department of Homeland Security or the United States
  Department of State including an identification photograph;
               (5)  an unexpired military identification card for
  active duty, reserve, or retired personnel with an identification
  photograph;
               (6)  an original or certified copy of a birth
  certificate issued by a bureau of vital statistics for a state or a
  foreign government;
               (7)  an original or certified copy of a Consular Report
  of Birth Abroad or Certificate of Birth Abroad issued by the United
  States Department of State;
               (8)  an original or certified copy of a court order
  relating to the applicant's name change or sex change;
               (9)  school records from a secondary school or
  institution of higher education;
               (10)  an insurance policy continuously valid for the
  two years preceding the date of the application for a license;
               (11)  a motor vehicle certificate of title;
               (12)  military records, including documentation of
  release or discharge from active duty or a draft record;
               (13)  an unexpired military dependent identification
  card;
               (14)  an original or certified copy of the applicant's
  marriage license or divorce decree;
               (15)  a voter registration certificate;
               (16)  a pilot's license issued by the Federal Aviation
  Administration or another authorized agency of the United States;
               (17)  a license to carry a concealed handgun under
  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code;
               (18)  a temporary driving permit or a temporary
  identification card issued by the Texas Department of Motor
  Vehicles [Public Safety]; or
               (19)  an offender identification card issued by the
  Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
         SECTION 30.  Sections 54.042(a), (b), (f), and (g), Family
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section
  54.04, shall:
               (1)  order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  [Public Safety] to suspend a child's driver's license or permit, or
  if the child does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance
  of a license or permit to the child if the court finds that the child
  has engaged in conduct that:
                     (A)  violates a law of this state enumerated in
  Section 521.342(a), Transportation Code; or
                     (B)  violates a penal law of this state or the
  United States, an element or elements of which involve a severe form
  of trafficking in persons, as defined by 22 U.S.C. Section 7102; or
               (2)  notify the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  [Public Safety] of the adjudication, if the court finds that the
  child has engaged in conduct that violates a law of this state
  enumerated in Section 521.372(a), Transportation Code.
         (b)  A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section
  54.04, may order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
  Safety] to suspend a child's driver's license or permit or, if the
  child does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a
  license or permit to the child, if the court finds that the child
  has engaged in conduct that violates Section 28.08, Penal Code.
         (f)  A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section
  54.04, may order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
  Safety] to suspend a child's driver's license or permit or, if the
  child does not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a
  license or permit to the child for a period not to exceed 12 months
  if the court finds that the child has engaged in conduct in need of
  supervision or delinquent conduct other than the conduct described
  by Subsection (a).
         (g)  A juvenile court that places a child on probation under
  Section 54.04 may require as a reasonable condition of the
  probation that if the child violates the probation, the court may
  order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to
  suspend the child's driver's license or permit or, if the child does
  not have a license or permit, to deny the issuance of a license or
  permit to the child for a period not to exceed 12 months. The court
  may make this order if a child that is on probation under this
  condition violates the probation. A suspension under this
  subsection is cumulative of any other suspension under this
  section.
         SECTION 31.  Sections 203.007(b) and (g), Family Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A domestic relations office is entitled to obtain from
  the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public
  Safety records that relate to:
               (1)  a person's date of birth;
               (2)  a person's most recent address;
               (3)  a person's current driver's license status;
               (4)  motor vehicle accidents involving a person;
               (5)  reported traffic-law violations of which a person
  has been convicted; and
               (6)  a person's criminal history record information.
         (g)  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department
  of Public Safety, the Texas Workforce Commission, or the office of
  the secretary of state may charge a domestic relations office a fee
  not to exceed the charge paid by the Title IV-D agency for
  furnishing records under this section.
         SECTION 32.  Section 277.002(a), Finance Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A financial institution shall require, as a condition of
  opening or maintaining a business checking account, that the
  applicant or account holder provide:
               (1)  if the business is a sole proprietorship:
                     (A)  the name of the business owner;
                     (B)  the physical address of the business;
                     (C)  the home address of the business owner; and
                     (D)  the driver's license number of the business
  owner or the personal identification card number issued to the
  business owner by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
  Safety]; or
               (2)  if the business is a corporation or other legal
  entity, a copy of the business's certificate of incorporation or a
  comparable document and an assumed name certificate, if any.
         SECTION 33.  Sections 62.001(a), (f), (h), and (i),
  Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The jury wheel must be reconstituted by using, as the
  source:
               (1)  the names of all persons on the current voter
  registration lists from all the precincts in the county; and
               (2)  all names on a current list to be furnished by the
  Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety], showing the
  citizens of the county who:
                     (A)  hold a valid Texas driver's license or a
  valid personal identification card or certificate issued by the
  department; and
                     (B)  are not disqualified from jury service under
  Section 62.102(1), (2), or (7).
         (f)  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
  shall furnish a list to the secretary of state that shows the names
  required under Subsection (a)(2) and that contains any of the
  information enumerated in Subsection (c) that is available to the
  department, including citizenship status and county of residence.
  The list shall exclude the names of convicted felons, persons who
  are not citizens of the United States, persons residing outside the
  county, and the duplicate name of any registrant. The department
  shall furnish the list to the secretary of state on or before the
  first Monday in October of each year.
         (h)  If the secretary of state is unable to furnish the list
  as provided in this section because of the failure of the voter
  registrar to furnish the county voter registration list to the
  secretary of state, the county tax assessor-collector, sheriff,
  county clerk, and district clerk in the county shall meet at the
  county courthouse between January 1 and January 15 of the following
  year and shall reconstitute the jury wheel for the county, except as
  provided under a plan adopted under Section 62.011. The deadlines
  included in the plan control for preparing the list and
  reconstituting the wheel. The secretary of state shall send the
  list furnished by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
  Safety] as provided by Subsection (f) to the voter registrar, who
  shall combine the lists as described in this section for use as the
  juror source and certify the combined list as required of the
  secretary of state under Subsection (g).
         (i)  The commissioners court may, instead of using the method
  provided by Subsections (c) through (h), contract with another
  governmental unit or a private person to combine the voter
  registration list with the list furnished by the Texas Department
  of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]. Subsections (c) through (h) do
  not apply to a county in which the commissioners court has
  contracted with another governmental unit or a private person under
  this subsection. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
  Safety] may not charge a fee for furnishing a list under this
  subsection. Each list must contain the name, date of birth,
  address, county of residence, and citizenship status of each person
  listed. If practical, each list must contain any other information
  useful in determining if the person is qualified to serve as a
  juror.
         SECTION 34.  Section 411.174(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  An applicant must provide on the application a statement
  of the applicant's:
               (1)  full name and place and date of birth;
               (2)  race and sex;
               (3)  residence and business addresses for the preceding
  five years;
               (4)  hair and eye color;
               (5)  height and weight;
               (6)  driver's license number or identification
  certificate number issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  [department];
               (7)  criminal history record information of the type
  maintained by the department under this chapter, including a list
  of offenses for which the applicant was arrested, charged, or under
  an information or indictment and the disposition of the offenses;
  and
               (8)  history, if any, of treatment received by,
  commitment to, or residence in:
                     (A)  a drug or alcohol treatment center licensed
  to provide drug or alcohol treatment under the laws of this state or
  another state, but only if the treatment, commitment, or residence
  occurred during the preceding five years; or
                     (B)  a psychiatric hospital.
         SECTION 35.  Section 411.179(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The department by rule shall adopt the form of the
  license.  A license must include:
               (1)  a number assigned to the license holder by the
  department;
               (2)  a statement of the period for which the license is
  effective;
               (3)  a statement of the category or categories of
  handguns the license holder may carry as provided by Subsection
  (b);
               (4)  a color photograph of the license holder;
               (5)  the license holder's full name, date of birth, hair
  and eye color, height, weight, and signature;
               (6)  the license holder's residence address or, as
  provided by Subsection (d), the street address of the courthouse in
  which the license holder or license holder's spouse serves as a
  federal judge or the license holder serves as a state judge; and
               (7)  the number of a driver's license or an
  identification certificate issued to the license holder by the
  Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [department].
         SECTION 36.  Section 411.205, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 411.205.  REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY LICENSE. If a license
  holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license holder's person
  when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that the license holder
  display identification, the license holder shall display both the
  license holder's driver's license or identification certificate
  issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [department] and
  the license holder's handgun license.
         SECTION 37.  Section 509.004(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The division shall require each department to:
               (1)  keep financial and statistical records determined
  necessary by the division;
               (2)  submit a community justice plan and all supporting
  information requested by the division;
               (3)  present data requested by the division as
  necessary to determine the amount of state aid for which the
  department is eligible;
               (4)  submit periodic financial audits and statistical
  reports to the division; and
               (5)  submit to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  [Public Safety] the full name, address, date of birth, social
  security number, and driver's license number of each person
  restricted to the operation of a motor vehicle equipped with a
  device that uses a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism to make
  impractical the operation of the motor vehicle if ethyl alcohol is
  detected in the breath of the restricted operator.
         SECTION 38.  Section 531.1533, Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 531.1533.  REQUIREMENTS ON ADMISSIONS OF CHILDREN TO
  CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS. On the admission of a child to an institution
  described by Section 531.151(3)(A), (B), or (D), the Department of
  Aging and Disability Services shall require the child's parent or
  guardian to submit:
               (1)  an admission form that includes:
                     (A)  the parent's or guardian's:
                           (i)  name, address, and telephone number;
                           (ii)  driver's license number and state of
  issuance or personal identification card number issued by the Texas 
  Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]; and
                           (iii)  place of employment and the
  employer's address and telephone number; and
                     (B)  the name, address, and telephone number of a
  relative of the child or other person whom the department or
  institution may contact in an emergency, a statement indicating the
  relation between that person and the child, and at the parent's or
  guardian's option, that person's:
                           (i)  driver's license number and state of
  issuance or personal identification card number issued by the Texas 
  Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]; and
                           (ii)  the name, address, and telephone
  number of that person's employer; and
               (2)  a signed acknowledgment of responsibility stating
  that the parent or guardian agrees to:
                     (A)  notify the institution in which the child is
  placed of any changes to the information submitted under
  Subdivision (1)(A); and
                     (B)  make reasonable efforts to participate in the
  child's life and in planning activities for the child.
         SECTION 39.  Section 12.092(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The medical advisory board shall assist:
               (1)  the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
  Safety of the State of Texas] in determining whether[:
               [(1)]  an applicant for a driver's license or a license
  holder is capable of safely operating a motor vehicle; and [or]
               (2)  the Department of Public Safety in determining
  whether an applicant for or holder of a license to carry a concealed
  handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
  Government Code, is capable of exercising sound judgment with
  respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun.
         SECTION 40.  Section 81.011, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 81.011.  REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. In times of
  emergency or epidemic declared by the commissioner, the department
  is authorized to request information pertaining to names, dates of
  birth, and most recent addresses of individuals from the driver's
  license records of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
  Safety] for the purpose of notification to individuals of the need
  to receive certain immunizations or diagnostic, evaluation, or
  treatment services for suspected communicable diseases.
         SECTION 41.  Section 161.254, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 161.254.  DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION OR DENIAL. (a)
  If the defendant does not provide the evidence required under
  Section 161.253(e) within the period specified by that subsection,
  the court shall order the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  [Public Safety] to suspend or deny issuance of any driver's license
  or permit to the defendant. The order must specify the period of
  the suspension or denial, which may not exceed 180 days after the
  date of the order.
         (b)  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
  shall send to the defendant notice of court action under Subsection
  (a) by first class mail. The notice must include the date of the
  order and the reason for the order and must specify the period of
  the suspension or denial.
         SECTION 42.  Section 485.032(c), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this
  section that:
               (1)  the person making the delivery is an adult having
  supervisory responsibility over the person younger than 18 years of
  age and:
                     (A)  the adult permits the use of the abusable
  volatile chemical only under the adult's direct supervision and in
  the adult's presence and only for its intended purpose; and
                     (B)  the adult removes the chemical from the
  person younger than 18 years of age on completion of that use; or
               (2)  the person to whom the abusable volatile chemical
  was delivered presented to the defendant an apparently valid Texas
  driver's license or an identification certificate, issued by the
  Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety of the State of
  Texas] and containing a physical description consistent with the
  person's appearance, that purported to establish that the person
  was 18 years of age or older.
         SECTION 43.  Sections 692A.002(11) and (15), Health and
  Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
               (11)  "Driver's license" means a license or permit
  issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to
  operate a vehicle, whether or not conditions are attached to the
  license or permit.
               (15)  "Identification card" means an identification
  card issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
  Safety].
         SECTION 44.  Sections 692A.020(d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i),
  and (m), Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (d)  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
  at least monthly shall electronically transfer to the nonprofit
  organization under contract with the department the name, date of
  birth, driver's license number, most recent address, and any other
  relevant information in the possession of the Texas Department of
  Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] for any person who indicates on the
  person's driver's license application under Section 521.401,
  Transportation Code, that the person would like to make an
  anatomical gift.
         (e)  The contract between the department and the nonprofit
  organization administering the registry must require the
  organization to:
               (1)  make information obtained from the Texas 
  Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] under Subsection (d)
  available to procurement organizations;
               (2)  allow potential donors to submit information in
  writing directly to the organization for inclusion in the
  Internet-based registry;
               (3)  maintain the Internet-based registry in a manner
  that allows procurement organizations to immediately access organ,
  tissue, and eye donation information 24 hours a day, seven days a
  week through electronic and telephonic methods; and
               (4)  protect the confidentiality and privacy of the
  individuals providing information to the Internet-based registry,
  regardless of the manner in which the information is provided.
         (f)  Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (e)(3) or
  this subsection, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public
  Safety], the nonprofit organization under contract to administer
  the registry, or a procurement organization may not sell, rent, or
  otherwise share any information provided to the Internet-based
  registry.  A procurement organization may share any information
  provided to the registry with an organ procurement organization or
  a health care provider or facility providing medical care to a
  potential donor as necessary to properly identify an individual at
  the time of donation.
         (g)  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety],
  the nonprofit organization under contract with the department to
  administer the registry, or the procurement organizations may not
  use any demographic or specific data provided to the Internet-based
  registry for any fund-raising activities.  Data may only be
  transmitted from the selected organization to procurement
  organizations through electronic and telephonic methods using
  secure, encrypted technology to preserve the integrity of the data
  and the privacy of the individuals providing information.
         (h)  In each office authorized to issue driver's licenses or
  personal identification certificates, the Texas Department of
  Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] shall make available educational
  materials developed by the nonprofit organization administering
  the registry.
         (i)  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety]
  shall remit to the comptroller the money collected under Sections
  521.421(g) and 521.422(c), Transportation Code, as provided by
  those subsections.  A county assessor-collector shall remit to the
  comptroller any money collected under Section 502.405 [502.1745],
  Transportation Code, as provided by that section.  Money remitted
  to the comptroller in accordance with those sections that is
  appropriated to the department shall be disbursed to the nonprofit
  organization administering the registry under this section under
  the terms of the contract between the department and the
  organization to pay the costs of:
               (1)  maintaining, operating, and updating the
  Internet-based registry and establishing procedures for an
  individual to be added to the registry;
               (2)  designing and distributing educational materials
  for prospective donors as required under this section; and
               (3)  providing education under this chapter.
         (m)  The department may require the nonprofit organization
  administering the registry to:
               (1)  implement a training program for all appropriate
  Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] and Texas
  Department of Transportation employees on the benefits of organ,
  tissue, and eye donation and the procedures for individuals to be
  added to the Internet-based registry; and
               (2)  conduct the training described by Subdivision (1)
  on an ongoing basis for new employees.
         SECTION 45.  Section 1805.051(d), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  The list required by Subsection (c) must contain:
               (1)  the proposed seller's driver's license number or
  Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] identification
  card number, as recorded by the dealer on physical presentation of
  the license or identification card by the seller;
               (2)  a complete and accurate description of each
  business machine, including its serial number or other identifying
  marks or symbols;
               (3)  the proposed seller's certification that the
  information is true and complete; and
               (4)  if the business machine is delivered to the
  secondhand dealer for sale or exchange at an auction, the make,
  year, model, color, and registration number of the vehicle in which
  the business machine is transported to the auction.
         SECTION 46.  Section 1805.052(b), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 1805.053, a report
  required by this chapter must contain:
               (1)  the name and address of the seller of the business
  machine;
               (2)  a complete and accurate description of the
  business machine for which the report is made, including the serial
  number or other identifying marks or symbols;
               (3)  the seller's certification that the information is
  true and complete; and
               (4)  the seller's driver's license number or Texas 
  Department of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] identification card
  number, as recorded by the dealer on physical presentation of the
  license or identification card by the seller.
         SECTION 47.  Section 1956.001(8), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (8)  "Personal identification document" means:
                     (A)  a valid driver's license issued by a state in
  the United States;
                     (B)  a United States military identification
  card; or
                     (C)  a personal identification certificate issued
  by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles [department] under
  Section 521.101, Transportation Code, or a corresponding card or
  certificate issued by another state.
         SECTION 48.  Section 1956.062(c), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The dealer shall record the proposed seller's driver's
  license number or [department] personal identification certificate
  number on physical presentation of the license or personal
  identification certificate by the seller. The record must
  accompany the list.
         SECTION 49.  Sections 11.43(f) and (m), Tax Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (f)  The comptroller, in prescribing the contents of the
  application form for each kind of exemption, shall ensure that the
  form requires an applicant to furnish the information necessary to
  determine the validity of the exemption claim. The form must
  require an applicant to provide the applicant's name and driver's
  license number, personal identification certificate number, or
  social security account number. If the applicant is a charitable
  organization with a federal tax identification number, the form
  must allow the applicant to provide the organization's federal tax
  identification number in lieu of a driver's license number,
  personal identification certificate number, or social security
  account number.  The comptroller shall include on the forms a notice
  of the penalties prescribed by Section 37.10, Penal Code, for
  making or filing an application containing a false statement. The
  comptroller shall include, on application forms for exemptions that
  do not have to be claimed annually, a statement explaining that the
  application need not be made annually and that if the exemption is
  allowed, the applicant has a duty to notify the chief appraiser when
  the applicant's entitlement to the exemption ends. In this
  subsection:
               (1)  "Driver's license" has the meaning assigned that
  term by Section 521.001, Transportation Code.
               (2)  "Personal identification certificate" means a
  certificate issued by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
  [Public Safety] under Subchapter E, Chapter 521, Transportation
  Code.
         (m)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (k), a person who
  receives an exemption under Section 11.13, other than an exemption
  under Section 11.13(c) or (d) for an individual 65 years of age or
  older, in a tax year is entitled to receive an exemption under
  Section 11.13(c) or (d) for an individual 65 years of age or older
  in the next tax year on the same property without applying for the
  exemption if the person becomes 65 years of age in that next year as
  shown by:
               (1)  information in the records of the appraisal
  district that was provided to the appraisal district by the
  individual in an application for an exemption under Section 11.13
  on the property or in correspondence relating to the property; or
               (2)  the information provided by the Texas Department
  of Motor Vehicles [Public Safety] to the appraisal district under
  Section 521.049, Transportation Code.
         SECTION 50.  Section 411.0085, Government Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 51.  (a) Effective January 1, 2015, the powers and
  duties of the Department of Public Safety with regard to driver's
  licenses and personal identification cards are transferred to the
  Texas Department of Motor Vehicles in accordance with this Act.
         (b)  Effective January 1, 2015, all rules of the Department
  of Public Safety are continued in effect as rules of the Texas
  Department of Motor Vehicles until superseded by a rule of the Texas
  Department of Motor Vehicles. A license or certification issued by
  the Department of Public Safety is continued in effect as provided
  by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this
  Act. A complaint, investigation, contested case, or other
  proceeding pending on the effective date of this Act is continued
  without change in status after the effective date of this Act. An
  activity conducted by the Department of Public Safety is considered
  to be an activity conducted by the Texas Department of Motor
  Vehicles.
         (c)  On September 1, 2013, or as soon as is possible after
  that date, the director of the Department of Public Safety shall
  adopt a comprehensive plan to ensure the smooth transition of all
  programs operated by the Department of Public Safety relating to
  driver's licenses or personal identification cards before January
  1, 2015, from the Department of Public Safety to the Texas
  Department of Motor Vehicles.
         SECTION 52.  Effective January 1, 2015:
               (1)  all money, contracts, leases, rights, property,
  records, and bonds and other obligations of the Department of
  Public Safety relating to driver's licenses and personal
  identification cards are transferred to the Texas Department of
  Motor Vehicles; and
               (2)  an employee of the Department of Public Safety
  Driver License Division becomes an employee of the Texas Department
  of Motor Vehicles.
         SECTION 53.  (a)  The unobligated and unexpended balance of
  any appropriations made to the Department of Public Safety in
  connection with or relating to driver's licenses and personal
  identification cards for the state fiscal biennium ending August
  31, 2013, is transferred and reappropriated to the Texas Department
  of Motor Vehicles for the purpose of implementing the powers,
  duties, obligations, and rights of action transferred to that
  department under Section 51 of this Act.
         (b)  The Department of Public Safety shall continue, as
  necessary, to perform the duties and functions being transferred to
  the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles until the transfer of agency
  duties and functions is complete.
         SECTION 54.  (a)  The boards of the Texas Department of Motor
  Vehicles and the Department of Public Safety shall enter into or
  revise a joint memorandum of understanding to coordinate the Texas
  Department of Motor Vehicles' and the Department of Public Safety's
  information systems to allow for the sharing of information so that
  each department may effectively and efficiently perform the
  functions and duties assigned to it.  Neither the Texas Department
  of Motor Vehicles nor the Department of Public Safety may impose or
  collect a fee or charge in connection with the sharing of
  information under the joint memorandum of understanding entered
  into or revised under this section.
         (b)  The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the
  Department of Public Safety shall implement the joint memorandum of
  understanding using existing personnel and resources.
         (c)  Otherwise confidential information shared under the
  memorandum of understanding remains subject to the same
  confidentiality requirements and legal restrictions on access to
  the information that are imposed by law on the department that
  originally obtained or collected the information.
         (d)  Information may be shared under the memorandum of
  understanding without the consent of the person who is the subject
  of the information.
         (e)  The memorandum of understanding required by Subsection
  (a) of this section must be entered into or revised at the first
  official meeting of the board of the Texas Department of Motor
  Vehicles occurring after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 55.  (a)  In addition to the memorandum of
  understanding required by Section 54 of this Act, the boards of the
  Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public
  Safety may enter into or revise one or more other joint memoranda of
  understanding necessary to effect the transfer of the powers and
  duties of the Department of Public Safety to the Texas Department of
  Motor Vehicles under this Act.  A memorandum of understanding may
  include an agreement for the provision of office space, utilities,
  and other facility services; the need for full-time equivalent
  positions of the Department of Public Safety to provide support
  services in addition to the positions transferred to the Texas
  Department of Motor Vehicles under this Act; support services; and
  the transfer of information technology as necessary or appropriate
  to effect the transfer of the powers and duties of the Department of
  Public Safety to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
         (b)  Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of Section 54 of this Act
  apply to a memorandum of understanding entered into or revised
  under Subsection (a) of this section.
         SECTION 56.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.