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               AN ACT
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            relating to procedures for the issuance of personal identification  | 
         
         
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            certificates to certain persons 65 years of age or older whose  | 
         
         
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            driver's licenses are surrendered. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Section 521.101, Transportation Code, is amended  | 
         
         
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            by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows: | 
         
         
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                   (n)  The department shall adopt procedures to allow a person  | 
         
         
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            who is 65 years of age or older and possesses a driver's license  | 
         
         
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            that is compliant with the federal REAL ID program to apply for a  | 
         
         
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            personal identification certificate online or by phone if the  | 
         
         
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            person surrenders the person's driver's license in a manner  | 
         
         
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            prescribed by the department.  The procedures: | 
         
         
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                         (1)  must be in compliance with federal guidelines  | 
         
         
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            governing the issuance of identity documents; and | 
         
         
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                         (2)  may require the person issued a personal  | 
         
         
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            identification certificate to update information previously  | 
         
         
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            provided to the department under Section 521.142. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | 
         
         
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               President of the Senate | 
            Speaker of the House      | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.B. No. 1275 was passed by the House on April  | 
         
         
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            26, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 9, 2 present, not  | 
         
         
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            voting. | 
         
         
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            Chief Clerk of the House    | 
         
         
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                   I certify that H.B. No. 1275 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
         
         
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            24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
         
         
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            Secretary of the Senate     | 
         
         
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                             Governor        |