84R12607 JXC-D
	By: Dale	H.B. No. 3840

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to training on, issuance of, and use of limited term
	driver's licenses.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 32.111(c), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(c)  The training standards adopted under Subsection (a)
	must:
	(1)  include provisions on the acceptance and handling
	of the identification presented by a voter to an election officer
	under Section 63.001; and
	(2)  detail the types of driver's licenses that are
	acceptable forms of identification under Section 63.0101 and
	require that training materials include a photograph of a limited
	term license issued under Subchapter L-1, Chapter 521,
	Transportation Code.
	SECTION 2.  Chapter 521, Transportation Code, is amended by
	adding Subchapter L-1 to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER L-1. LIMITED TERM LICENSE
	Sec. 521.261.  LIMITED TERM LICENSE. (a) A limited term
	license is a driver's license issued by the department with an
	expiration date set under Section 521.271(a-2), (a-3), or (a-4),
	521.2711(c), or 521.272(c)(2), Transportation Code.
	(b)  Each limited term license must comply with the
	requirements of this subchapter.
	(c)  Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a
	reference in this subchapter to a limited term license includes a
	limited term instruction permit.
	Sec. 521.262.  APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. (a) A limited
	term license:
	(1)  is not valid as proof of the license holder's
	identity for a federal purpose;
	(2)  is not an acceptable form of identification under
	Section 63.0101, Election Code, for voting purposes; and
	(3)  expires in the manner provided by Subchapter M.
	(b)  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter:
	(1)  a person who holds a limited term license is
	subject to the laws of this state applicable to the holder of a
	driver's license;
	(2)  a person who holds a limited term provisional
	license or instruction permit is subject to the laws of this state
	applicable to a holder of a provisional license or instruction
	permit; and
	(3)  a person who holds a limited term occupational
	license is subject to the laws of this state applicable to the
	holder of an occupational license.
	Sec. 521.263.  LIMITED TERM LICENSE APPEARANCE. The
	department shall:
	(1)  adopt rules regarding the design and content of a
	limited term license;
	(2)  designate and clearly mark as a limited term
	license a license described by Section 521.261(a);
	(3)  orient the information on and design the color of a
	limited term license to clearly distinguish the limited term
	license from other licenses issued under this chapter; and
	(4)  include on a limited term license an indication
	that the license is not valid proof of identity for a federal
	purpose or for voting purposes.
	Sec. 521.264.  APPLICATION. (a) The department may require
	each applicant for a limited term license to furnish to the
	department the information required by Section 521.142.
	(b)  An application for a limited term license:
	(1)  must include a complete set of thumbprints and
	fingerprints; and
	(2)  must include documentation issued by the
	appropriate United States agency that authorizes the applicant to
	be in the United States but may not use as proof of the applicant's
	residency status or lawful status:
	(A)  an employment authorization document issued
	through the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program;
	or
	(B)  a reentry permit.
	(c)  Information supplied to the department relating to an
	applicant's medical history is for the confidential use of the
	department and may not be disclosed to any person or used as
	evidence in a legal proceeding other than a proceeding under
	Subchapter N.
	(d)  The application must provide space for the applicant to
	voluntarily list any health condition that may impede communication
	with a peace officer as evidenced by a written statement from a
	licensed physician.
	Sec. 521.265.  EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
	REQUIRED. (a) An application for a limited term license must be
	accompanied by:
	(1)  evidence of financial responsibility that
	complies with Section 521.143 and this section; or
	(2)  a statement that the applicant does not own a motor
	vehicle for which evidence of financial responsibility is required
	under Chapter 601.
	(b)  An applicant for a limited term license that provides
	evidence of financial responsibility must establish financial
	responsibility through a motor vehicle liability insurance policy
	that complies with Chapter 601 and is prepaid and valid for at least
	a six-month period after the date the person submits the
	application.
	Sec. 521.266.  ADMINISTRATION. The department is not
	required to issue limited term licenses at all driver's license
	offices. The department may designate driver's license offices to
	issue limited term licenses.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.