Tex. Transp. Code § 521.274 · Subchapter M. LICENSE EXPIRATION, RENEWAL, AND NUMBER CHANGE
RENEWAL BY MAIL OR ELECTRONIC MEANS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department by rule may provide that the holder of a driver's license may renew the license by mail, by telephone, over the Internet, or by other electronic means.
(b) A rule adopted under this section:
(1) may prescribe eligibility standards for renewal under this section;
(2) may not permit a person subject to the registration requirements under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, to register by mail or electronic means;
(3) may not permit renewal by mail or electronic means of a driver's license of a person who is 79 years of age or older; and
(4) must allow for the renewal of a driver's license by electronic means, regardless of when the license expires, of:
(A) a person who:
(i) is on active duty in the armed forces of the United States; and
(ii) is absent from the state; and
(B) the spouse or dependent child of a person described by Paragraph (A).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1189, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1401, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2000; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 546, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 37 (H.B. 84), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 292 (H.B. 1814), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2015.
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