Sec. 521.121. GENERAL INFORMATION ON DRIVER'S LICENSE.
(a) The driver's license must include:
(1) a distinguishing number assigned by the department to the license holder;
(2) a color photograph of the entire face of the holder;
(3) the full name and date of birth of the holder;
(4) a brief description of the holder; and
(5) the license holder's residence address or, for a license holder using the procedure under Subsection (c), the street address of the courthouse in which the license holder or license holder's spouse serves as a federal judge or state judge.
(b) The driver's license must include a facsimile of the license holder's signature or a space on which the holder shall write the holder's usual signature in ink immediately on receipt of the license. A license is not valid until it complies with this subsection.
(c) The department shall establish a procedure for a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a federal or state judge to omit the license holder's residence address on the license and to include, in lieu of that address, the street address of the courthouse in which the license holder or license holder's spouse serves as a federal judge or state judge. In establishing the procedure, the department shall require sufficient documentary evidence to establish the license holder's status as a federal judge, a state judge, or the spouse of a federal or state judge.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91, Sec. 24.010, eff. September 1, 2011.
(e) Except as provided by this section, a driver's license issued under this chapter:
(1) must:
(A) be in the same format;
(B) have the same appearance and orientation; and
(C) contain the same type of information; and
(2) may not include any information that this chapter does not reference or require.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 448, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 316 (H.B. 598), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1146 (H.B. 2730), Sec. 13A.03, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 24.009, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 24.010, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 1), Sec. 72.05, eff. September 28, 2011.
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