Texas Transportation Code

§ 1001.103 — DIGITAL SIGNATURE

TN § 1001.103Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part M. DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES · Ch. 1001. ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT · Art. D. ELECTRONIC ISSUANCE OF LICENSES

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(a)A license application received by the department is considered signed if a digital signature is transmitted with the application and intended by the applicant to authenticate the license in accordance with Subsection (b).

(b)The department may only accept a digital signature used to authenticate a license application under procedures that:

(1)comply with any applicable rules of another state agency having jurisdiction over department use or acceptance of a digital signature; and

(2)provide for consideration of factors that may affect a digital signature's reliability, including whether a digital signature is:

(A)unique to the person using it;

(B)capable of independent verification;

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1290 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 40, eff. September 1, 2011.