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  89R19859 TYPED     By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 2944       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the ability of persons licensed to drive in Texas to   renew license by electronic means          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          Sec. 521.274.  RENEWAL BY MAIL OR ELECTRONIC MEANS. (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).                 (5)     must allow for the renewal of a driver's license by   electronic means, of:                       (A)     any person currently licensed under the age   of 79.          SECTION 521.274.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.