Bill Text: TX HB862 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

Texas House Bill 862 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to a waiver of fees for foster care and homeless youth for driver's licenses and personal identification certificates.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-09 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB862 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB862-Comm_Sub.html

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	By: Bernal, Johnson of Harris	H.B. No. 862

	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 862:

	By: Morrison	C.S.H.B. No. 862



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a waiver of fees for foster care and homeless youth for
	driver's licenses and personal identification certificates.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 521.1015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 521.1015. WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CARE AND HOMELESS
	YOUTH. A person is exempt from the payment of any fee for the
	issuance of a personal identification certificate, 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;
	(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 2. Section 521.1811, Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 521.1811. WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CARE AND HOMELESS
	YOUTH. A person is exempt from the payment 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; [or]
	(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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.