Bill Text: TX SB991 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain vendors entering into agreements with the Department of Public Safety for the issuance of renewal and duplicate driver's licenses and other identification certificate services, including voter registration services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Transportation [SB991 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB991-Introduced.html
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By: Paxton | S.B. No. 991 |
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relating to certain vendors entering into agreements with the | ||
Department of Public Safety for the issuance of renewal and | ||
duplicate driver's licenses and other identification certificate | ||
services, including voter registration services. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 20.001, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) Each vendor that provides services under an agreement | ||
described by Section 521.009, Transportation Code, is designated as | ||
a voter registration agency. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 20, | ||
Election Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND VENDORS | ||
SECTION 3. Section 20.061, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 20.061. APPLICABILITY [ |
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other provisions of this chapter apply to the Department of Public | ||
Safety and vendors described by Section 20.001(b-1) except | ||
provisions that conflict with this subchapter. | ||
(b) The provisions of this subchapter apply to vendors | ||
described by Section 20.001(b-1) in the same manner as those | ||
provisions apply to the Department of Public Safety. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 521.009, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsections (a), (a-1), and (c) and adding Subsections | ||
(e-1), (e-2), and (g) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The department may establish a program for the provision | ||
of renewal and duplicate driver's license, election identification | ||
certificate, and personal identification certificate services by | ||
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into an agreement with the department under Subsection (a-1). | ||
(a-1) Under the program, the department may enter into an | ||
agreement with the commissioners court of a county, [ |
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governing body of a municipality, or a private vendor, to permit | ||
county, [ |
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a county or municipal office or at a location determined by the | ||
vendor relating to the issuance of renewal and duplicate driver's | ||
licenses, election identification certificates, and personal | ||
identification certificates, including: | ||
(1) taking photographs; | ||
(2) administering vision tests; | ||
(3) updating a driver's license, election | ||
identification certificate, or personal identification certificate | ||
to change a name, address, or photograph; | ||
(4) distributing and collecting information relating | ||
to donations under Section 521.401; | ||
(5) collecting fees; and | ||
(6) performing other basic ministerial functions and | ||
tasks necessary to issue renewal and duplicate driver's licenses, | ||
election identification certificates, and personal identification | ||
certificates. | ||
(c) A participating county, [ |
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must remit to the department for deposit as required by this chapter | ||
fees collected for the issuance of a renewal or duplicate driver's | ||
license or personal identification certificate. | ||
(e-1) An agreement under Subsection (a-1) with a vendor must | ||
require the vendor to: | ||
(1) comply with training requirements developed by the | ||
department under Subsection (e-2); | ||
(2) agree to serve as a voter registration agency in a | ||
manner that ensures compliance with federal law; and | ||
(3) comply with the same privacy and information | ||
security standards required of the department. | ||
(e-2) The department shall develop training requirements | ||
for a vendor relating to the services provided by the vendor under | ||
this section. | ||
(g) The department may perform periodic audits of a vendor | ||
that has entered into an agreement with the department under | ||
Subsection (a-1) to ensure compliance with this section, the | ||
agreement entered into under this section, and any rules adopted by | ||
the department under this section. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 521.428, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.428. COUNTY, [ |
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FEE. (a) A county, [ |
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provides services under an agreement described by Section 521.009 | ||
may collect an additional fee of up to $10 [ |
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provided that relates to driver's license and personal | ||
identification certificate services only. | ||
(b) No portion of a fee authorized under this section may be | ||
charged for performing a function in connection with voter | ||
registration. | ||
SECTION 6. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas | ||
shall adopt rules as necessary to implement Section 521.009, | ||
Transportation Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |