Bill Text: TX HB3559 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to reimbursement of foster parents and certain former foster children for expenses related to obtaining or renewing a driver's license and obtaining insurance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-06 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3559 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3559-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to reimbursement of foster parents and certain former foster children for expenses related to obtaining or renewing a driver's license and obtaining insurance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-06 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3559 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3559-Introduced.html
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By: Swanson | H.B. No. 3559 |
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relating to reimbursement of foster parents and certain former | ||
foster children for expenses related to obtaining a driver's | ||
license and insurance. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 264.1252 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 264.1252. REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES RELATING TO | ||
OBTAINING A DRIVER'S LICENSE. (a) The department shall reimburse a | ||
foster parent for any monetary expenses relating to obtaining a | ||
driver's license for a foster child, including the cost for | ||
completing a driver education course required by Section 521.1601, | ||
Transportation Code, the driver's license fee, and the cost of | ||
liability insurance that meets the minimum requirements of | ||
Subchapter D, Chapter 601, Transportation Code. | ||
(b) The department shall reimburse a former foster child | ||
younger than 21 years of age for the expenses paid by the former | ||
foster child to renew a driver's license and to obtain liability | ||
insurance that meets the minimum requirements of Subchapter D, | ||
Chapter 601, Transportation Code. | ||
(c) A person entitled to reimbursement for expenses under | ||
this section must provide the department with receipts for the | ||
expenses to receive reimbursement. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |