By: West S.B. No. 2557
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to optional designations on a driver's license, personal
  identification certificate, or commercial driver's license or
  learner's permit for blood type and blood disorders.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 521.1251 to read as follows:
         Sec. 521.1251.  OPTIONAL DESIGNATIONS FOR BLOOD TYPE AND
  BLOOD DISORDERS. (a) The department shall provide to each
  applicant for the issuance of an original, renewal, corrected, or
  duplicate driver's license or personal identification certificate
  who applies in person, by mail, over the Internet, or by other
  electronic means the opportunity to indicate on the person's
  driver's license or personal identification certificate:
               (1)  the person's blood type; and
               (2)  whether the person has a blood disorder and, if so,
  the type of blood disorder.
         (b)  The department shall include on each driver's license
  issued to a person who makes an election under this section a
  designation that indicates the person's blood type and blood
  disorder, as applicable.
         SECTION 2.  Section 522.030, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
         (e)  The department shall provide to each applicant for the
  issuance of an original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate
  commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit who
  applies in person, by mail, over the Internet, or by other
  electronic means the opportunity to indicate on the person's
  commercial driver's license or commercial learner's permit:
               (1)  the person's blood type; and
               (2)  whether the person has a blood disorder and, if so,
  the type of blood disorder.
         (f)  The department shall include on each commercial
  driver's license or commercial learner's permit issued to a person
  who makes an election under Subsection (e) a designation that
  indicates the person's blood type and blood disorder, as
  applicable.
         SECTION 3.  The Department of Public Safety shall adopt
  rules as necessary to implement Sections 521.1251 and 522.030(e)
  and (f), Transportation Code, as added by this Act, not later than
  November 1, 2019.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.