Bill Text: TX HB123 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to personal identification documents for foster children or youth or homeless children or youth.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB123 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB123-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to personal identification documents for foster children or youth or homeless children or youth.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB123 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB123-Introduced.html
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By: White | H.B. No. 123 |
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relating to the issuance of personal identification documents for | ||
foster children, homeless children or youth, and unaccompanied | ||
youth. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 521.1015 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.1015. PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE ISSUED | ||
TO FOSTER CHILD, HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH, OR UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH. | ||
(a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Foster child" means a person who is 16 years of | ||
age or older and in the managing conservatorship of the Department | ||
of Family and Protective Services. | ||
(2) "Homeless child or youth" has the meaning assigned | ||
by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a. | ||
(3) "Unaccompanied youth" has the meaning assigned by | ||
42 U.S.C. Section 11434a. | ||
(b) This section applies to the application for a personal | ||
identification certificate only for a foster child, a homeless | ||
child or youth, or an unaccompanied youth. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Section 521.101, Section 521.1426, or | ||
any other provision of this chapter, a child or youth described by | ||
Subsection (b) may, in applying for a personal identification | ||
certificate: | ||
(1) provide a copy of the child's or youth's birth | ||
certificate as proof of the child's or youth's identity and United | ||
States citizenship, as applicable; and | ||
(2) if the child or youth does not have a residence or | ||
domicile, provide a letter from the school district in which the | ||
child or youth is enrolled certifying that the child or youth is a | ||
homeless child or youth or an unaccompanied youth. | ||
(d) A child or youth described by Subsection (b) may apply | ||
for and the department may issue a personal identification | ||
certificate without the signature or presence of or permission from | ||
a parent or guardian of the child or youth. | ||
(e) A child or youth described by Subsection (b) is exempt | ||
from the payment of any fee for the issuance of a personal | ||
identification certificate under this chapter. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 521.1811, Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.1811. WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CHILD, HOMELESS | ||
CHILD OR YOUTH, OR UNACCOMPANIED [ |
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from the payment of any fee for the issuance of a driver's license, | ||
as provided under this chapter, if that person is: | ||
(1) younger than 18 years of age and in the managing | ||
conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services; [ |
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(2) at least 18 years of age, but younger than 21 years | ||
of age, and resides in a foster care placement, the cost of which is | ||
paid by the Department of Family and Protective Services; or | ||
(3) a homeless child or youth or an unaccompanied | ||
youth as those terms are defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an | ||
application for a driver's license or personal identification | ||
certificate submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An application for a driver's license or personal identification | ||
certificate submitted before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the application was | ||
submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |