Bill Text: TX HB123 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 123 |
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relating to personal identification documents for foster children | ||
or youth or homeless children or youth. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 264.121, Family Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (e-3) to read as follows: | ||
(e-3) When obtaining a copy of a birth certificate to | ||
provide to a foster youth or assisting a foster youth in obtaining a | ||
copy of a birth certificate, the department shall obtain the birth | ||
certificate from the state registrar. If the department is unable | ||
to obtain the birth certificate from the state registrar, the | ||
department may obtain the birth certificate from a local registrar | ||
or county clerk. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 191, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 191.0049 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 191.0049. BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO FOSTER CHILD OR YOUTH | ||
OR HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH. On request of a child or youth | ||
described by this section, the state registrar, a local registrar, | ||
or a county clerk shall issue, without fee or parental consent, a | ||
certified copy of the child's or youth's birth record to: | ||
(1) a homeless child or youth as defined by 42 U.S.C. | ||
Section 11434a; | ||
(2) a child in the managing conservatorship of the | ||
Department of Family and Protective Services; and | ||
(3) a young adult who: | ||
(A) is at least 18 years of age, but younger than | ||
21 years of age; and | ||
(B) resides in a foster care placement, the cost | ||
of which is paid by the Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 OR YOUTH OR HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH. (a) In this | ||
section: | ||
(1) "Foster child or youth" means: | ||
(A) a child in the managing conservatorship of | ||
the Department of Family and Protective Services; or | ||
(B) a young adult who: | ||
(i) is at least 18 years of age, but younger | ||
than 21 years of age; and | ||
(ii) resides in a foster care placement, | ||
the cost of which is paid by the Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services. | ||
(2) "Homeless child or 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 or youth or a | ||
homeless child or 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: | ||
(A) provide a letter certifying the child or | ||
youth is a homeless child or youth issued by: | ||
(i) the school district in which the child | ||
or youth is enrolled; | ||
(ii) the director of an emergency shelter | ||
or transitional housing program funded by the United States | ||
Department of Housing and Urban Development; or | ||
(iii) the director of: | ||
(a) a basic center for runaway and | ||
homeless youth; or | ||
(b) a transitional living program; or | ||
(B) use the address of the regional office where | ||
the Department of Family and Protective Services caseworker for the | ||
child or youth is based. | ||
(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) The department shall exempt a child or youth described | ||
by Subsection (b) from the payment of any fee for the issuance of a | ||
personal identification certificate under this chapter, subject to | ||
Section 521.4265. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 521.1811, Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.1811. WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CHILD OR YOUTH OR | ||
HOMELESS CHILD OR [ |
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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 as defined by 42 U.S.C. | ||
Section 11434a. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 521.421, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: | ||
(k) A person applying for the issuance or renewal of a | ||
license, including a duplicate license or a license issued or | ||
renewed over the Internet or by other electronic means, may elect to | ||
contribute $1 or more to the identification fee exemption account | ||
established under Section 521.4265. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 521.422, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) A person applying for the issuance or renewal of a | ||
personal identification card, including a duplicate personal | ||
identification card or a personal identification card issued or | ||
renewed over the Internet or by other electronic means, may elect to | ||
contribute $1 or more to the identification fee exemption account | ||
established under Section 521.4265. | ||
SECTION 7. Subchapter R, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 521.4265 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.4265. IDENTIFICATION FEE EXEMPTION ACCOUNT. (a) | ||
The identification fee exemption account is created as an account | ||
in the general revenue fund of the state treasury. The fund consists | ||
of grants and donations made to the department for the purposes of | ||
this section, including donations received under Sections | ||
521.421(k) and 521.422(d). The department shall administer the | ||
account. Money in the account may be appropriated for the purposes | ||
of Subsection (b). | ||
(b) For each exemption granted under Section 521.1015 or | ||
521.1811, the department shall deposit to the credit of the Texas | ||
mobility fund an amount from the identification fee exemption | ||
account under Subsection (a) that is equal to the amount of the | ||
waived fee that would otherwise be deposited to the mobility fund. | ||
(c) The department may not grant an exemption under Section | ||
521.1015 or 521.1811 if money is not available in the | ||
identification fee exemption account to meet the requirements of | ||
Subsection (b). | ||
SECTION 8. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an | ||
application for a driver's license, personal identification | ||
certificate, or birth record submitted on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. An application for a driver's license, personal | ||
identification certificate, or birth record 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 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 123 was passed by the House on March | ||
26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 123 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 | ||
present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 123 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |