Bill Text: TX HB140 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to driver's licenses and personal identification certificates issued to veterans; reducing certain fees.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-09 - Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs [HB140 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB140-Introduced.html
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| By: Menéndez | H.B. No. 140 | |
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| relating to driver's licenses and personal identification | ||
| certificates issued to veterans; reducing certain fees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 521.010 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 521.010. SERVICES INFORMATION FOR VETERANS. The | ||
| department and the Texas Veterans Commission shall jointly develop | ||
| for veterans who receive a driver's license or personal | ||
| identification certificate with a veteran's designation a one-page | ||
| informational paper about veterans services provided by this state. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 521.102, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The department shall provide to the recipient of a | ||
| personal identification certificate with a veteran's designation | ||
| the informational paper described by Section 521.010 at the time | ||
| the certificate is issued. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 521.1235, Transportation Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The department shall provide to the recipient of a | ||
| driver's license with a veteran's designation the informational | ||
| paper described by Section 521.010 at the time the license is | ||
| issued. | ||
| SECTION 4. Subchapter R, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 521.4261 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 521.4261. REDUCED FEES FOR VETERANS. (a) Except as | ||
| provided by Subsection (c) and Section 521.426, the fee for the | ||
| issuance of a personal identification certificate or driver's | ||
| license for a person who qualifies for a veteran's designation | ||
| under Section 521.102 or 521.1235 is half the amount of the fee that | ||
| would otherwise apply under this chapter. | ||
| (b) The department shall adopt rules relating to the proof | ||
| of entitlement to a fee reduction under this section. | ||
| (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person subject to the | ||
| registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal | ||
| Procedure. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 521.4261, Transportation Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies only to a driver's license or personal | ||
| identification certificate for which an application was submitted | ||
| on or after the effective date of this Act. A driver's license or | ||
| personal identification certificate for which an application was | ||
| 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 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
