Bill Text: TX HB1029 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the expiration date of driver's licenses and renewal driver's licenses issued to noncitizens.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-29 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB1029 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1029-Introduced.html
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By: Middleton | H.B. No. 1029 |
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relating to the expiration date of driver's licenses and renewal | ||
driver's licenses issued to noncitizens. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter M, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 521.2712 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.2712. EXPIRATION OF NONCITIZEN LICENSE AND | ||
RENEWAL. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), each original | ||
driver's license issued to an applicant who is not a citizen and | ||
each renewal of those licenses expires on the earliest of: | ||
(1) the first anniversary of the date of issuance or | ||
renewal, as applicable; | ||
(2) the expiration date of the applicant's or license | ||
holder's lawful presence in the United States as determined by the | ||
appropriate United States agency in compliance with federal law, if | ||
there is a definite expiration date for the applicant's or license | ||
holder's authorized stay in the United States; or | ||
(3) another date applicable under this subchapter, | ||
including the date of a court order under Section 521.271(a)(4). | ||
(b) Each original provisional or learner license issued to a | ||
person who is not a citizen and each renewal of those licenses | ||
expires on the earliest of: | ||
(1) the first anniversary of the date of issuance or | ||
renewal, as applicable; | ||
(2) the 18th birthday of the license holder; or | ||
(3) the expiration of the applicant's or license | ||
holder's lawful presence in the United States as determined by the | ||
appropriate United States agency in compliance with federal law, if | ||
there is a definite expiration date for the applicant's or license | ||
holder's authorized stay in the United States. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 521.271(a) and (b), Transportation | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by this subchapter, including | ||
Sections 521.2711 and 521.2712, each [ |
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license, provisional license, learner license, or occupational | ||
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driver's license expires on the first birthday of the license | ||
holder occurring after the eighth anniversary of the date of the | ||
application; | ||
(2) a provisional license expires on the 18th birthday | ||
of the license holder; | ||
(3) a learner license expires on the 18th birthday of | ||
the license holder; | ||
(4) an occupational driver's license expires on the | ||
first anniversary of the court order granting the license; and | ||
(5) unless an earlier date is otherwise provided, a | ||
driver's license issued to a person whose residence or domicile is a | ||
correctional facility or a parole facility expires on the first | ||
birthday of the license holder occurring after the first | ||
anniversary of the date of issuance. | ||
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, | ||
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license that is renewed expires on the earlier of: | ||
(1) the eighth anniversary of the expiration date | ||
before renewal if the applicant is a citizen, national, or legal | ||
permanent resident of the United States or a refugee or asylee | ||
lawfully admitted into the United States; | ||
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(2) for a renewal driver's license issued to a person | ||
whose residence or domicile is a correctional facility or a parole | ||
facility, the first birthday of the license holder occurring after | ||
the first anniversary of the date of issuance unless an earlier date | ||
is otherwise provided. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 521.272(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Sections 521.271 and 521.2711, a | ||
driver's license issued under this section, including a renewal, | ||
duplicate, or corrected license, expires[ |
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the license holder occurring after the date of application, except | ||
that: | ||
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section expires on the second birthday of the license holder | ||
occurring after the date of application, subject to Subdivision (2) | ||
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person described by Article 62.2021, Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
expires on the sixth anniversary of the date on which the license | ||
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SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Transportation | ||
Code are repealed: | ||
(1) Sections 521.271(a-2), (a-3), and (a-4); and | ||
(2) Section 521.2711(c). | ||
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a driver's license issued or renewed on or after June 1, 2022. A | ||
driver's license issued or renewed before June 1, 2022, is governed | ||
by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this | ||
Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |