SB2809 - Relating to the expiration date of certain driver's licenses.

  89R16271 MZM-D     By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 2809       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the expiration date of certain driver's licenses.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 521.271(a), (a-2), and (b),   Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  Each original driver's license, provisional license,   learner license, or occupational driver's license issued to an   applicant who is a citizen, national, or legal permanent resident   of the United States or a refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into   the United States expires as follows:                (1)  except as provided by Section 521.2711, a driver's   license expires on the first birthday of the license holder   occurring after the 10th [ eighth ] anniversary of the date of the   application;                (2)  a provisional license expires on the 18th birthday   of the license holder;                (3)  a learner license expires on the 18th birthday of   the license holder;                (4)  an occupational driver's license expires on the   first anniversary of the court order granting the license; and                (5)  unless an earlier date is otherwise provided, a   driver's license issued to a person whose residence or domicile is a   correctional facility or a parole facility expires on the first   birthday of the license holder occurring after the first   anniversary of the date of issuance.          (a-2)  Each original driver's license issued to an applicant   who is not a citizen, national, or legal permanent resident of the   United States or a refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into the   United States expires on:                (1)  the earlier of:                      (A)  the first birthday of the license holder   occurring after the 10th [ sixth ] anniversary of the date of the   application; or                      (B)  the expiration date of the license holder's   lawful presence in the United States as determined by the   appropriate United States agency in compliance with federal law; or                (2)  the first anniversary of the date of issuance, if   there is no definite expiration date for the applicant's authorized   stay in the United States.          (b)  Except as provided by Section 521.2711, a driver's   license that is renewed expires on the earlier of:                (1)  the 10th [ eighth ] anniversary of the expiration   date before renewal if the applicant is a citizen, national, or   legal permanent resident of the United States or a refugee or asylee   lawfully admitted into the United States;                (1-a)  for an applicant not described by Subdivision   (1):                      (A)  the earlier of:                            (i)  the 10th [ eighth ] anniversary of the   expiration date before renewal; or                            (ii)  the expiration date of the applicant's   authorized stay in the United States; or                      (B)  the first anniversary of the date of   issuance, if there is no definite expiration date for the   applicant's authorized stay in the United States; or                (2)  for a renewal driver's license issued to a person   whose residence or domicile is a correctional facility or a parole   facility, the first birthday of the license holder occurring after   the first anniversary of the date of issuance unless an earlier date   is otherwise provided.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to a   driver's license issued on or after the effective date of this Act.     A driver's license issued before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the application was   submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.