Bill Text: TX HB3253 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a non-REAL ID personal identification certificate; authorizing a fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB3253 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3253-Introduced.html

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88R8106 MZM-D
By: Manuel H.B. No. 3253

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of a non-REAL ID personal identification
certificate; authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 521, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter E-1 to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E-1. NON-REAL ID PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE
Sec. 521.110. ELIGIBILITY. The department may issue a
non-REAL ID personal identification certificate to an applicant
who:
(1) as of the date the certificate is issued, resides
in this state; and
(2) meets the requirements for the issuance of a
personal identification certificate under Subchapter E other than
an application requirement described by Section 521.101(d-1),
521.1015(c)(1), or 521.1016(c)(1).
Sec. 521.111. NOT TO BE USED AS IDENTIFICATION FOR FEDERAL
OR VOTING PURPOSES. A non-REAL ID personal identification
certificate issued under this subchapter is not valid as proof of
the certificate holder's identity for any federal purposes or for
purposes of voting in any election, including a national, state, or
local election.
Sec. 521.112. NON-REAL ID PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION
CERTIFICATE. (a) The department shall:
(1) designate and clearly mark as a non-REAL ID
personal identification certificate each certificate issued under
this subchapter; and
(2) include on a certificate issued under this
subchapter an indication that the certificate is not valid proof of
identity for any federal or voting purposes.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the
provisions of this chapter and other law applicable to the issuance
or renewal of, an applicant or application for, or a holder of a
personal identification certificate are applicable to the issuance
or renewal of, an applicant or application for, or a holder of a
non-REAL ID personal identification certificate.
Sec. 521.113. RULES. (a) The department shall adopt rules
to implement this subchapter, including rules:
(1) regarding the design and content of the non-REAL
ID personal identification certificate; and
(2) establishing criteria for proof of identification
and residency of an applicant.
(b) Rules establishing criteria for proof of identification
must allow an applicant to establish identity through presentation
of a foreign birth certificate or unexpired foreign passport that
includes a certified translation if the document is not in English.
Sec. 521.114. CERTAIN APPLICATION PROVISIONS INAPPLICABLE.
Notwithstanding Section 521.101(f-3), the requirement in Section
521.101(d-1) that an applicant who is not a citizen of the United
States present to the department documentation that authorizes the
applicant to be in the United States does not apply to an
application for the issuance of a non-REAL ID personal
identification certificate.
Sec. 521.115. EXPIRATION. Notwithstanding Sections
521.101(f) and (f-1), each non-REAL ID personal identification
certificate issued or renewed under this subchapter expires one
year after the date of issuance or renewal.
SECTION 2. Section 521.421, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
(l) The fee for issuance or renewal of a non-REAL ID
personal identification certificate is $100.
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Department of
Public Safety of the State of Texas shall adopt the rules necessary
to implement Subchapter E-1, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, as
added by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.