Paddie Champions DL Renewal Changes

AUSTIN — You’ve seen the jokes on TV: having to go to the DMV to get your driver license renewed and mess with the long lines. Could things soon change in Texas? Legislation from state Senator Brian Birdwell and Marshall state Rep Chris Paddie (pictured) is making its way through the legislative sausage grinder. It would do things like increase the term of a DL from six to eight years. The House is considering the plan. It has to survive one more Senate vote. Another provision is to take licensing operations from the Department of Public Safety and move them to the Department of Motor Vehicles — which means Texas drivers just might have to go to the DMV.