Tex. Transp. Code § 521.059 · Subchapter C. DEPARTMENT LICENSE RECORDS
IMAGE VERIFICATION SYSTEM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department shall establish an image verification system based on the following identifiers collected by the department under Section 521.142(b):
(1) an applicant's facial image; and
(2) an applicant's thumbprints or, if thumbprints cannot be taken, the index fingerprints of the applicant.
(b) The department shall authenticate the facial image and thumbprints or fingerprints provided by an applicant for a personal identification certificate, driver's license, or commercial driver's license or permit using image comparison technology to ensure that the applicant:
(1) is issued only one original license, permit, or certificate;
(2) does not fraudulently obtain a duplicate license, permit, or certificate; and
(3) does not commit other fraud in connection with the application for a license, permit, or certificate.
(c) The department shall use the image verification system established under this section only to the extent allowed by Chapter 730, Transportation Code, to aid other law enforcement agencies in:
(1) establishing the identity of a victim of a disaster or crime that a local law enforcement agency is unable to establish; or
(2) conducting an investigation of criminal conduct.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1108 (H.B. 2337), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 752 (H.B. 1888), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2016.
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