H.B. No. 368
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons
  that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence
  address.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 521.1211, Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 521.1211.  DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR PEACE OFFICERS AND
  PROSECUTORS [OFFICER].  (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "Peace [, "peace] officer" has the meaning
  assigned by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, except that
  the term includes a special investigator as defined by Article
  2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure.
               (2)  "Prosecutor" means a county attorney, district
  attorney, criminal district attorney, assistant county attorney,
  assistant district attorney, or assistant criminal district
  attorney.
         (a-1)  This section applies only to a peace officer and a
  prosecutor.
         (b)  Notwithstanding Section 521.121(a), the department by
  rule shall adopt procedures for the issuance of a driver's license
  to an applicant [a peace officer] that omits the license holder's
  actual residence address and includes, as an alternative, an
  address described under Subsection (f) [that is acceptable to the
  department and is in the:
               [(1)  municipality or county of the peace officer's
  residence; or
               [(2)  county of the peace officer's place of
  employment].
         (c)  To be issued a driver's license under this section, an
  applicant [a peace officer] must apply to the department and
  provide sufficient evidence acceptable to the department to
  establish the applicant's status as a person described under
  Subsection (a-1) [peace officer].  On issuance of the license, the
  license holder shall surrender any other driver's license issued to
  the holder by the department.
         (d)  If the holder of a driver's license that includes an
  alternative address moves to a new residence, or, for a prosecutor,
  to a new office address, or if the name of the person is changed by
  marriage or otherwise, the license holder shall, not later than the
  30th day after the date of the address or name change, notify the
  department and provide the department with the number of the
  person's driver's license and, as applicable, the person's:
               (1)  former and new addresses; or
               (2)  former and new names.
         (e)  If the holder of a driver's license that includes an
  alternative address ceases to be a person described by Subsection
  (a-1) [peace officer], the license holder shall, not later than the
  30th day after the date of the status change, apply to the
  department for issuance of a duplicate license.  The duplicate
  license must include the person's actual current residence address.
         (f)  The department shall accept as an alternative address:
               (1)  for a peace officer, an address that is in the:
                     (A)  municipality or county of the peace officer's
  residence; or
                     (B)  county of the peace officer's place of
  employment; and
               (2)  for a prosecutor, the address of an office of the
  prosecutor.
         SECTION 2.  Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  Pursuant to Section 63.001(c), proof of identification
  is presented only for the purpose of identifying a voter and not for
  verification of residence.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 368 was passed by the House on May 5,
  2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 130, Nays 15, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 368 was passed by the Senate on May
  26, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor