SB 523

relating to the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons
that includes an alternative to the license holder's residence
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
SECTION 2.  Sections 521.1211(a), (a-1), (d), and (f),
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(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
(2)  "Prosecutor" means a county attorney, district
attorney, criminal district attorney, assistant county attorney,
assistant district attorney, or assistant criminal district
(a-1)  This section applies only to a parole officer, a peace
(d)  If the holder of a driver's license that includes an
alternative address moves to a new residence, or, for a parole
officer or 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
(1)  former and new addresses; or
(f)  The department shall accept as an alternative address:
(1)  for a parole officer, the address of an office of
(2)  for a peace officer, an address that is in the:
(A)  municipality or county of the peace officer's
(B)  county of the peace officer's place of
(3) [(2)]  for a prosecutor, the address of an office of
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.