87(R) SB 2054 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment of fees and costs associated with driver |
 
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education and safety courses and driver's license examinations for |
 
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foster children or youth, former foster children or youth, and |
 
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youth experiencing homelessness. |
 
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             BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
 
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             SECTION  1.    Subchapter H, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, |
 
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is amended by adding Section 521.168 to read as follows: |
 
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             Sec.  521.168.    PAYMENT OF FEES FOR CERTAIN FOSTER AND |
 
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HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTHS. (a) Unless prohibited under Section |
 
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521.4265(c), the Texas Workforce Commission shall on request pay |
 
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the fees associated with meeting a requirement imposed under this |
 
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subchapter or Chapter 1001, Education Code, for a person who is: |
 
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                         (1)    eligible for a driver's license fee exemption |
 
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under Section 521.1811; or |
 
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                         (2)    younger than 26 years of age and: |
 
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                                     (A)    was in the managing conservatorship of the |
 
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Department of Family and Protective Services on the day before the |
 
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person's 18th birthday; or |
 
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                                     (B)    is a homeless child or youth as defined by 42 |
 
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U.S.C. Section 11434a. |
 
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             (b)    The Texas Workforce Commission by rule shall establish a |
 
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process by which: |
 
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                         (1)    a person described by Subsection (a) may apply to |
 
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that commission for the payment of fees under this section; and |
 
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                         (2)    that commission pays fees associated with meeting |
 
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a requirement imposed under this subchapter or Chapter 1001, |
 
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Education Code, to appropriate entities on behalf of the person |
 
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described by Subsection (a). |
 
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             SECTION  2.    Section 521.4265, Transportation Code, is |
 
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amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection |
 
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(d) to read as follows: |
 
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             (b)    From the money in the identification fee exemption |
 
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account the department shall: |
 
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                         (1)    request that the comptroller transfer to the Texas |
 
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Workforce Commission amounts sufficient to cover the cost of |
 
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implementing the program under Section 521.168, including amounts |
 
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sufficient for the payment by the Texas Workforce Commission of: |
 
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                                     (A)    fees to entities other than the department; |
 
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and |
 
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                                     (B)    the Texas Workforce Commission's |
 
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implementation costs; and |
 
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                         (2)    for [For] each exemption granted under Section |
 
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521.1015 or 521.1811, [the department shall] deposit to the credit |
 
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of the Texas mobility fund an amount [from the identification fee |
 
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exemption account under Subsection (a)] that is equal to the amount |
 
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of the waived fee that would otherwise be deposited to the mobility |
 
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fund. |
 
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             (c)    The department may not: |
 
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                         (1)    request a transfer under Subsection (b)(1) if the |
 
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balance of the account for the fiscal year is less than three times |
 
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the amount expended in the previous fiscal year for the waivers |
 
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provided by Sections 521.1015(e) and 521.1811; or |
 
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                         (2)    grant an exemption under Section 521.1015 or |
 
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521.1811 if money is not available in the identification fee |
 
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exemption account to meet the requirements of Subsection (b)(2) |
 
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[(b)]. |
 
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             (d)    The department, in consultation with the Texas |
 
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Workforce Commission, by rule shall establish a process by which |
 
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transfers are made under Subsection (b). |
 
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             SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
 
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     President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House           |
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             I hereby certify that S.B.  No.  2054 passed the Senate on       |
 
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April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas  31, Nays  0; and that |
 
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the |
 
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following vote: Yeas  31, Nays  0. |
 
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Secretary of the Senate         |
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             I hereby certify that S.B.  No.  2054 passed the House, with |
 
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amendment, on May 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas  137, |
 
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Nays  7, one present not voting. |
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