85R5957 AAF-D     By: Hughes S.B. No. 1936       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the issuance of specially marked driver's licenses and   personal identification certificates to disabled veterans.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 521.011, Transportation Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 521.011.  SERVICES INFORMATION FOR VETERANS.  The   department and the Texas Veterans Commission shall jointly develop   a one-page informational paper about veterans services provided by   this state for veterans who receive:                (1)  a driver's license with a designation under   Section 521.1235; or                (2)  a personal identification certificate with a   [veteran's] designation under Section 521.102 [a one-page   informational paper about veterans services provided by this   state].          SECTION 2.  Section 521.101(l), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (l)  The application for the personal identification   certificate must provide space for the applicant:                (1)  to voluntarily list any information [military   service] that may qualify the applicant to receive a personal   identification certificate with a [veteran's] designation under   Section 521.102; and                (2)  to include proof required by the department to   determine the applicant's eligibility to receive that designation.          SECTION 3.  Section 521.102, Transportation Code, is amended   by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsections (b-1)   and (d) to read as follows:          (a)  In this section:[,]                (1)  "Disability rating" has the meaning assigned by   Section 11.22, Tax Code.                (2)  "Disabled veteran" and "veteran" have the meanings   assigned by Section 521.1235 [means a person who:                [(1)  has served in:                      [(A)     the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or   marine corps of the United States; or                      [(B)     the Texas National Guard as defined by   Section 431.001, Government Code; and                [(2)     has been honorably discharged from the branch of   the service in which the person served].          (b-1)  If a disabled veteran provides proof sufficient to the   department, the department, on request of the disabled veteran,   shall include on a personal identification certificate issued to   the disabled veteran in any available space on the face of the   personal identification certificate or on the reverse side of the   personal identification certificate:                (1)  a disabled veteran designation;                (2)  the disabled veteran's service-connected   disability rating; and                (3)  the branch of the service in which the disabled   veteran served.          (c)  The department shall provide to the recipient of a   personal identification certificate with a [veteran's] designation   under this section the informational paper described by Section   521.011 at the time the certificate is issued.          (d)  Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of   obtaining a service or benefit available for disabled veterans in   this state, a disabled veteran may use a personal identification   certificate described by Subsection (b-1) as satisfactory proof of   the disabled veteran's disability rating, branch of service, and   honorable discharge.          SECTION 4.  Section 521.1235, Transportation Code, is   amended by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsections   (b-1) and (d) to read as follows:          (a)  In this section:                (1)  "Disability rating" has the meaning assigned by   Section 11.22, Tax Code.                (2)  "Disabled veteran" means a veteran who has   suffered a service-connected disability with a disability rating   of:                      (A)  at least 50 percent; or                      (B)  40 percent if the rating is due to the   amputation of a lower extremity.                (3)  "Veteran" [, "veteran"] means a person who:                      (A) [(1)]  has served in:                            (i) [(A)]  the army, navy, air force, coast   guard, or marine corps of the United States; or                            (ii) [(B)]  the Texas National Guard as   defined by Section 437.001, Government Code; and                      (B) [(2)]  has been honorably discharged from the   branch of the service in which the person served.          (b-1)  If a disabled veteran provides proof sufficient to the   department, the department, on request of the disabled veteran,   shall include on a driver's license issued to the disabled veteran   in any available space on the face of the driver's license or on the   reverse side of the driver's license:                (1)  a disabled veteran designation;                (2)  the disabled veteran's service-connected   disability rating; and                (3)  the branch of the service in which the disabled   veteran served.          (c)  The department shall provide to the recipient of a   driver's license with a [veteran's] designation under this section   the informational paper described by Section 521.011 at the time   the license is issued.          (d)  Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of   obtaining a service or benefit available for disabled veterans in   this state, a disabled veteran may use a driver's license described   by Subsection (b-1) as satisfactory proof of the disabled veteran's   disability rating, branch of service, and honorable discharge.          SECTION 5.  Section 521.142(i), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (i)  The application must provide space for the applicant:                (1)  to voluntarily list any information [military   service] that may qualify the applicant to receive a license with a   [veteran's] designation under Section 521.1235; and                (2)  to include proof required by the department to   determine the applicant's eligibility to receive that designation.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.