86(R) HB 2048 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

	H.B.  No.  2048

	AN ACT
	relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program and the
	amount and allocation of state traffic fine funds; eliminating
	program surcharges; authorizing and increasing criminal fines;
	increasing a fee.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    Article 102.022(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(a)    In this article, "moving violation" means an offense
	that:
	(1)    involves the operation of a motor vehicle; and
	(2)    is classified as a moving violation by the
	Department of Public Safety under Section 542.304  [708.052],
	Transportation Code.
	SECTION  2.    Section 1001.112, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a-1) and adding Subsection (a-2) to read as
	follows:
	(a-1)    The rules must provide that the student driver spend a
	minimum number of hours in classroom and behind-the-wheel
	instruction.
	(a-2)    The rules must provide [and] that the person
	conducting the course:
	(1)    possess a valid license for the preceding three
	years that has not been suspended, revoked, or forfeited in the past
	three years for an offense that involves the operation of a motor
	vehicle;
	(2)    has not been convicted of:
	(A)    criminally negligent homicide; or
	(B)    driving while intoxicated in the past seven
	years; and
	(3)    has not been convicted during the preceding three
	years of:
	(A)    three or more moving violations described by
	Section 542.304, Transportation Code, including violations that
	resulted in an accident; or
	(B)    two or more moving violations described by
	Section 542.304, Transportation Code, that resulted in an accident
	[does not have six or more points assigned to the person's driver's
	license under Subchapter B, Chapter 708, Transportation Code, at
	the time the person begins conducting the course].
	SECTION  3.    Section 411.110(f), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(f)    The Department of State Health Services may not consider
	offenses described by [for which points are assessed under] Section
	542.304 [708.052], Transportation Code, to determine whether to
	hire or retain an employee or to contract with a person on whom
	criminal history record information is obtained under this section.
	SECTION  4.    Section 773.0614(b), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)    For purposes of Subsection (a), the department may not
	consider offenses described by [for which points are assessed
	under] Section 542.304 [708.052], Transportation Code.
	SECTION    5.    Section 773.06141(a), Health and Safety Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(a)    The department may suspend, revoke, or deny an emergency
	medical services provider license on the grounds that the
	provider's administrator of record, employee, or other
	representative:
	(1)    has been convicted of, or placed on deferred
	adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for, an
	offense that directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of
	the administrator, employee, or representative, other than an
	offense described by  [for which points are assigned under] Section
	542.304 [708.052], Transportation Code;
	(2)    has been convicted of or placed on deferred
	adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for an
	offense, including:
	(A)    an offense listed in Article 42A.054(a)(2),
	(3), (4), (6), (7), (8), (10), or (14), Code of Criminal Procedure;
	or
	(B)    an offense, other than an offense described
	by Subdivision (1), for which the person is subject to registration
	under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
	(3)    has been convicted of Medicare or Medicaid fraud,
	has been excluded from participation in the state Medicaid program,
	or has a hold on payment for reimbursement under the state Medicaid
	program under Subchapter C, Chapter 531, Government Code.
	SECTION  6.    Section 780.002, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec.  780.002.    CERTAIN DEPOSITS TO ACCOUNT.  The comptroller
	shall deposit any gifts, grants, donations, and legislative
	appropriations made for the purposes of the designated trauma
	facility and emergency medical services account established under
	Section 780.003 to the credit of the account. [(a)   On the first