Bill Text: TX HB2163 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to waiving certain driver's license fees for applicants who are first responders.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB2163 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2163-Introduced.html
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| By: Raymond | H.B. No. 2163 | |
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| 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 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 September 1, 2021. | ||
