Bill Text: TX HB3010 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a fee exemption for trafficking victims for certain personal identification documents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB3010 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3010-Introduced.html
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| By: Ramos | H.B. No. 3010 | |
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| relating to a fee exemption for trafficking victims for certain | ||
| personal identification documents. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. 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 TRAFFICKING VICTIM. | ||
| (a) In this section, "trafficking victim" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Section 521.4265, Transportation Code. | ||
| (b) On request of a person who is a trafficking victim, the | ||
| state registrar, a local registrar, or a county clerk shall issue | ||
| without fee a certified copy of the person's birth record. | ||
| (c) The state registrar, a local registrar, or a county | ||
| clerk may require a person to provide only the documentation | ||
| prescribed by a rule adopted by the Department of Public Safety | ||
| under Section 521.4265(c), Transportation Code, to confirm a | ||
| person's status as a trafficking victim. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter R, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 521.4265 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 521.4265. EXEMPTION FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. (a) In | ||
| this section, "trafficking victim" means a victim of trafficking of | ||
| persons under Chapter 20A, Penal Code. | ||
| (b) A person who is a trafficking victim is exempt from the | ||
| payment of fees under this chapter for the issuance of a driver's | ||
| license or personal identification certificate. | ||
| (c) The department shall adopt rules to implement this | ||
| section, including rules prescribing any documentation necessary | ||
| to confirm a person's status as a trafficking victim. | ||
| (d) For each exemption granted under this section, the | ||
| department shall deposit to the credit of the Texas mobility fund an | ||
| amount from the identification fee exemption account under | ||
| Subsection (e) that is equal to the amount of the waived fee that | ||
| would otherwise be deposited to the mobility fund. | ||
| (e) 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. The department shall administer the | ||
| account. Money in the account may be appropriated for the purposes | ||
| of Subsection (d). | ||
| (f) The department may not grant an exemption under this | ||
| section if money is not available in the identification fee | ||
| exemption account to meet the requirements of Subsection (d). | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an | ||
| application for a birth certificate, driver's license, or personal | ||
| identification certificate submitted on or after the effective date | ||
| of this Act. An application for a birth certificate, 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. | ||
