Texas Transportation Code 1001.103 – Digital Signature
(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;
(C) under the sole control of the person using it; and
(D) transmitted in a manner that makes it infeasible to change the data in the communication or digital signature without invalidating the digital signature.
Terms Used In Texas Transportation Code 1001.103
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Signature: includes the mark of a person unable to write, and "subscribe" includes the making of such a mark. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005