Bill Text: TX SB274 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the driver responsibility program; reducing the amounts of surcharges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-07 - Referred to Transportation [SB274 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB274-Introduced.html
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By: Watson | S.B. No. 274 |
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relating to the driver responsibility program; reducing the amounts | ||
of surcharges. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 542.4031(h), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(h) Notwithstanding Subsection (g)(1), in any state fiscal | ||
year the comptroller shall deposit 67 percent of the money received | ||
under Subsection (e)(2) to the credit of the general revenue fund | ||
only until the total amount of the money deposited to the credit of | ||
the general revenue fund under Subsection (g)(1) [ |
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year. If in any state fiscal year the amount received by the | ||
comptroller under Subsection (e)(2) [ |
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credit of the general revenue fund exceeds $250 million, the | ||
comptroller shall deposit the additional amount to the credit of | ||
the Texas mobility fund. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 708.054, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 708.054. AMOUNT OF POINTS SURCHARGE. The amount of a | ||
surcharge under this chapter is $50 [ |
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and $12.50 [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 708.102(c), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The amount of a surcharge under this section is $500 | ||
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(1) $750 [ |
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conviction within a 36-month period; and | ||
(2) $1,000 [ |
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conviction if it is shown on the trial of the offense that an | ||
analysis of a specimen of the person's blood, breath, or urine | ||
showed an alcohol concentration level of 0.16 or more at the time | ||
the analysis was performed. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 708.103(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The [ |
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of a surcharge under this section is $125 [ |
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SECTION 5. Section 708.104(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The [ |
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of a surcharge under this section is $50 [ |
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SECTION 6. Section 780.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The comptroller shall deposit 99 [ |
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money received under Subsection (a) to the credit of the account | ||
established under this chapter [ |
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the surcharges shall be deposited to the general revenue fund and | ||
may be appropriated only to the Department of Public Safety for | ||
administration of the driver responsibility program operated by | ||
that department under Chapter 708, Transportation Code. | ||
SECTION 7. The following laws are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 780.002(c), Health and Safety Code; and | ||
(2) Sections 708.103(c) and 708.104(b-1), | ||
Transportation Code. | ||
SECTION 8. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a surcharge assessed on or after the effective date of this Act, | ||
including a surcharge assessed for a conviction for an offense that | ||
occurred before the effective date of this Act. The state is not | ||
required to refund a surcharge collected before the effective date | ||
of this Act. | ||
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |