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            S.B. No. 975
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the procedures for the issuance of a personal 
         
            identification certificate to a person whose driver's license is 
         
            surrendered.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 521.101(m), Transportation Code, is 
         
            amended to read as follows:
         
                   (m)  The department shall adopt procedures for the issuance 
         
            of a personal identification certificate to a person who surrenders 
         
            the person's driver's license at the time of applying for the 
         
            certificate.  The procedures:
         
                         (1)  must be in compliance with federal guidelines 
         
            governing the issuance of identification documents;
         
                         (2)  may require the person issued a personal 
         
            identification certificate to update information previously 
         
            provided to the department under Section 521.142; [and]
         
                         (3)  except as provided by Subdivision (2), may not 
         
            require a person to provide additional identification documents 
         
            unless required for compliance with federal guidelines described by 
         
            Subdivision (1); and
         
                         (4)  must require that the person issued a personal 
         
            identification certificate be:
         
                               (A)  notified that the person's voter 
         
            registration information will need to be updated to include the 
         
            identification number of the newly issued certificate; and
         
                               (B)  provided an opportunity to update the 
         
            person's voter registration information at the time of applying for 
         
            the certificate to include the identification number of the newly 
         
            issued certificate.
         
                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
               President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House     
         
                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 975 passed the Senate on 
         
            April 12, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that 
         
            the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 19, 2023, by the 
         
            following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate    
         
                   I hereby certify that S.B. No. 975 passed the House, with 
         
            amendment, on May 17, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, 
         
            Nays 0, one present not voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House   
         
            Approved:
         
            ______________________________ 
         
                        Date
         
            ______________________________ 
         
                      Governor
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Transportation Code 521.101 (Transportation Code 521)
Senate Committee Report: Transportation Code 521.101 (Transportation Code 521)
Engrossed: Transportation Code 521.101 (Transportation Code 521)
House Committee Report: Transportation Code 521.101 (Transportation Code 521)
Enrolled: Transportation Code 521.101 (Transportation Code 521)




	AN ACT
	relating to the procedures for the issuance of a personal
	identification certificate to a person whose driver's license is
	surrendered.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 521.101(m), Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(m) The department shall adopt procedures for the issuance
	of a personal identification certificate to a person who surrenders
	the person's driver's license at the time of applying for the
	certificate. The procedures:
	(1) must be in compliance with federal guidelines
	governing the issuance of identification documents;
	(2) may require the person issued a personal
	identification certificate to update information previously
	provided to the department under Section 521.142; [~~and~~]
	(3) except as provided by Subdivision (2), may not
	require a person to provide additional identification documents
	unless required for compliance with federal guidelines described by
	Subdivision (1); and
	(4) must require that the person issued a personal
	identification certificate be:
	(A) notified that the person's voter
	registration information will need to be updated to include the
	identification number of the newly issued certificate; and
	(B) provided an opportunity to update the
	person's voter registration information at the time of applying for
	the certificate to include the identification number of the newly
	issued certificate.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.





	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 975 passed the Senate on
	April 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 19, 2023, by the
	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.


	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 975 passed the House, with
	amendment, on May 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 145,
	Nays 0, one present not voting.


	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House



	Approved:

	______________________________
	Date


	______________________________
	Governor