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 will make it infeasible to change the data in the communication or digital signature without invalidating the digital signature.