88S30301 MZM-D
	By: Raymond	H.B. No. 69

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to waiving certain driver's license fees for applicants
	who are first responders.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 521.1813 to read as follows:
	Sec. 521.1813.  WAIVER OF CERTAIN FEES FOR FIRST RESPONDERS.
	(a) In this section, "first responder" means:
	(1)  a peace officer, as defined by Article 2.12, Code
	of Criminal Procedure, whose duties include responding rapidly to
	an emergency;
	(2)  fire protection personnel, as defined by Section
	419.021, Government Code;
	(3)  a volunteer firefighter who performs firefighting
	duties on behalf of a political subdivision and who is not serving
	as a member of the legislature or holding a statewide elected
	office;
	(4)  an ambulance driver; or
	(5)  an individual certified as emergency medical
	services personnel by the Department of State Health Services.
	(b)  A person is exempt from the payment of any fee for the
	issuance of an original or renewal driver's license, as provided
	under this chapter, if at the time of the application for an
	original or renewal driver's license the person submits to the
	department satisfactory evidence that the person is a first
	responder.
	(c)  The department shall establish a record of the amount of
	the fees waived under this section that would otherwise be
	deposited to the credit of the Texas mobility fund.
	(d)  On or before the fifth workday of each month, the
	department, using available funds, shall remit to the comptroller
	for deposit to the credit of the Texas mobility fund general revenue
	in an amount equal to the amount of the fees described by Subsection
	(c) in the preceding month.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an application for an original or renewal driver's license
	submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An
	application submitted before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted,
	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.

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