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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to properly recorded diacritical marks in vital statistics |
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records, driver's licenses, commercial driver's licenses, and |
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personal identification certificates. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 191, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 191.009 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 191.009. USE OF DIACRITICAL MARKS. (a) In this |
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section, "diacritical mark" means a mark used in Latin script to |
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change the sound of the letter to which it is added or used to |
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distinguish the meaning of the word in which the letter appears. |
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The term includes accents, tildes, graves, umlauts, and cedillas. |
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(b) The state registrar shall ensure that a vital statistics |
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record issued under this title properly records any diacritical |
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mark used in a person's name. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 521.127 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 521.127. USE OF DIACRITICAL MARKS. (a) In this |
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section, "diacritical mark" means a mark used in Latin script to |
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change the sound of a letter to which it is added or used to |
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distinguish the meaning of the word in which the letter appears. |
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The term includes accents, tildes, graves, umlauts, and cedillas. |
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(b) The department shall ensure that an original or renewal |
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driver's license or personal identification certificate issued |
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under this chapter properly records any diacritical mark used in a |
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person's name. |
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SECTION 3. Section 522.030, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The department shall ensure that an original or renewal |
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commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit issued |
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under this chapter properly records any diacritical mark used in a |
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person's name. In this subsection, "diacritical mark" means a mark |
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used in Latin script to change the sound of a letter to which it is |
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added or used to distinguish the meaning of the word in which the |
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letter appears. The term includes accents, tildes, graves, |
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umlauts, and cedillas. |
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SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a vital statistics record issued by the Department of State |
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Health Services vital statistics unit or a driver's license, |
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personal identification certificate, or commercial driver's |
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license or learner's permit issued or renewed by the Texas |
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Department of Public Safety on or after September 1, 2018. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |