Bill Text: TX SB599 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the deferral and reduction or waiver of certain surcharges assessed under the driver responsibility program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB599 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB599-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Burton | S.B. No. 599 | |
| (In the Senate - Filed January 25, 2017; February 8, 2017, | ||
| read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; | ||
| April 12, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, | ||
| Nays 0; April 12, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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| relating to the deferral and reduction or waiver of certain | ||
| surcharges assessed under the driver responsibility program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 708, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 708.160 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 708.160. DEFERRAL AND REDUCTION OR WAIVER OF CERTAIN | ||
| SURCHARGES. A court may defer surcharges assessed under this | ||
| chapter against a person who is participating in a drug court | ||
| program under Chapter 123, Government Code, for the underlying | ||
| offense giving rise to the surcharge. If a person successfully | ||
| completes the drug court program, the court may reduce or waive the | ||
| surcharges assessed against the person. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made 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, 2017. | ||
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