Bill Text: TX SB1201 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the waiver of certain driver responsibility program surcharges on proof of commitment to enlist in the armed forces.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to Transportation [SB1201 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1201-Introduced.html
| 86R9186 MP-D | ||
| By: Miles | S.B. No. 1201 | |
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| relating to the waiver of certain driver responsibility program | ||
| surcharges on proof of commitment to enlist in the armed forces. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 708, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 708.1571 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 708.1571. UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES ENLISTMENT | ||
| COMMITMENT WAIVER. (a) The department shall waive all surcharges | ||
| assessed under this chapter for a person who commits to enlist in | ||
| the United States armed forces. Only unpaid surcharges assessed on | ||
| or before the date a person commits to enlist may be waived. | ||
| (b) The department shall require a person requesting a | ||
| waiver under this section to provide proof of the person's | ||
| commitment to enlist in the United States armed forces. The | ||
| department shall adopt rules relating to the proof of entitlement | ||
| to this waiver. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 708.1571, Transportation Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies to a surcharge pending on the effective date of | ||
| this Act regardless of when the surcharge was assessed. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
