Bill Text: TX SB1107 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a birth record, driver's license, or personal identification certificate to a homeless individual.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1107 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1107-Introduced.html
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By: Zaffirini, Menéndez | S.B. No. 1107 |
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relating to the issuance of a birth record, driver's license, or | ||
personal identification certificate to a homeless individual. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 191.0049, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 191.0049. BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO FOSTER CHILD OR YOUTH | ||
OR HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL [ |
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individual [ |
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registrar, a local registrar, or a county clerk shall issue, | ||
without fee or parental consent, a certified copy of the | ||
individual's [ |
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(1) a homeless child or youth as defined by 42 U.S.C. | ||
Section 11434a; | ||
(2) a child in the managing conservatorship of the | ||
Department of Family and Protective Services; [ |
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(3) a young adult who: | ||
(A) is at least 18 years of age, but younger than | ||
21 years of age; and | ||
(B) resides in a foster care placement, the cost | ||
of which is paid by the Department of Family and Protective | ||
Services; and | ||
(4) a homeless individual as defined by Section | ||
521.184, Transportation Code. | ||
(b) The department by rule shall: | ||
(1) adopt a process to verify a person's status as a | ||
homeless individual described by Subsection (a)(4); and | ||
(2) prescribe the documentation necessary for the | ||
issuance of a certified copy of a birth record to a homeless | ||
individual whose status is verified through the process adopted | ||
under Subdivision (1). | ||
(c) Notwithstanding any other law of this state, the | ||
department may not require a homeless individual described by | ||
Subsection (a)(4) to provide a physical address of the individual's | ||
residence to satisfy any requirement of this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 521.184 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.184. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE TO | ||
HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL. (a) In this section, "homeless individual": | ||
(1) means an individual who: | ||
(A) lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate | ||
nighttime residence; or | ||
(B) has a primary nighttime residence that is: | ||
(i) a supervised publicly or privately | ||
operated shelter designed to provide temporary living | ||
accommodations, including welfare hotels, congregate shelters, and | ||
transitional housing for the mentally ill; | ||
(ii) an institution that provides a | ||
temporary residence for individuals intended to be | ||
institutionalized; or | ||
(iii) a public or private place not | ||
designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping | ||
accommodation for human beings; and | ||
(2) does not include an individual who is imprisoned | ||
or otherwise detained in a correctional facility. | ||
(b) The department by rule shall: | ||
(1) adopt a process to verify a person's status as a | ||
homeless individual; | ||
(2) prescribe the documentation necessary for the | ||
issuance of a driver's license or personal identification | ||
certificate to a homeless individual; and | ||
(3) exempt a homeless individual from the payment of | ||
fees under this chapter for the issuance of a driver's license or | ||
personal identification certificate, subject to Section 521.4265. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding any other law of this state and to the | ||
extent permitted under federal law, the department may not require | ||
a homeless individual to provide a physical address of the | ||
individual's residence to satisfy any requirement of this chapter. | ||
(d) Rules adopted under this section regarding the issuance | ||
of a personal identification certificate to a homeless child or | ||
youth, as defined by Section 521.1015, must be consistent with the | ||
provisions of that section. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 521.4265(b) and (c), Transportation | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) For each exemption granted under Section 521.1015, [ |
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521.1811, or 521.184, the department shall deposit to the credit of | ||
the Texas mobility fund an amount from the identification fee | ||
exemption account under Subsection (a) that is equal to the amount | ||
of the waived fee that would otherwise be deposited to the mobility | ||
fund. | ||
(c) The department may not grant an exemption under Section | ||
521.1015, [ |
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identification fee exemption account to meet the requirements of | ||
Subsection (b). | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an | ||
application for a birth record, driver's license, or personal | ||
identification certificate submitted on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. An application for a birth record, 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |