Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence address, the official text

S.B. No. 523

AN ACT

relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons

that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence

address.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 521.1211, Transportation

Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 521.1211. DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR PAROLE OFFICERS, PEACE

OFFICERS, PROBATION OFFICERS, AND PROSECUTORS.

SECTION 2. Sections 521.1211(a), (a-1), (d), and (f),

Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) In this section:

(1) "Parole officer" has the meaning assigned by

Section 508.001, Government Code.

(1-a) "Peace officer" has the meaning assigned by

Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, except that the term

includes a special investigator as defined by Article 2A.002, Code

of Criminal Procedure.

(2) "Probation officer" means a law enforcement

professional that supervises individuals placed on probation.

(3) "Prosecutor" means a county attorney, district

attorney, criminal district attorney, assistant county attorney,

assistant district attorney, or assistant criminal district

attorney.

(a-1) This section applies only to a parole officer, a peace

officer, a probation officer, and a prosecutor.

(d) If the holder of a driver's license that includes an

alternative address moves to a new residence, or, for a parole

officer, a probation officer, or a prosecutor, to a new office

address, or if the name of the person is changed by marriage or

otherwise, the license holder shall, not later than the 30th day

after the date of the address or name change, notify the department

and provide the department with the number of the person's driver's

license and, as applicable, the person's:

(1) former and new addresses; or

(2) former and new names.

(f) The department shall accept as an alternative address:

(1) for a parole officer, the address of an office of

the parole officer;

(2) for a peace officer, an address that is in the:

(A) municipality or county of the peace officer's

residence; or

(B) county of the peace officer's place of

employment; [and]

(3) for a probation officer, the address of an office

of the probation officer; and

(4) [(2)] for a prosecutor, the address of an office

of the prosecutor.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 523 passed the Senate on

March 13, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 523 passed the House on

May 21, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, two

present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor