83R248 MTB-D
By: Paxton S.B. No. 1016
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of driver's license and personal
identification certificate services by license deputies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 521, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter T to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER T. LICENSE DEPUTIES
Sec. 521.501. AUTHORIZATION OF LICENSE DEPUTIES. (a) The
department shall appoint employees of a county assessor-collector
as license deputies and may appoint employees of other public or
private entities as license deputies under contract with the
entities.
(b) A license deputy may not issue a driver's license or
personal identification certificate but may:
(1) take photographs;
(2) receive and transmit applications;
(3) collect fees; and
(4) perform other basic ministerial functions
necessary to issue licenses or certificates.
(c) A license deputy may not administer an examination for
driver's license applicants under Subchapter H.
(d) A license deputy may not assist in the registration of
voters unless the deputy is otherwise authorized under the Election
Code.
Sec. 521.502. RECORDS AND REPORTS. A license deputy shall:
(1) complete and keep for the use of the department a
record of each transaction performed by the license deputy;
(2) keep a record of each application received by the
license deputy;
(3) send to the department a monthly report containing
the information described by Subdivisions (1) and (2) on a form and
in the manner prescribed by the department; and
(4) furnish any other information or material required
by the department.
Sec. 521.503. POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEM. (a) The department
may designate an entity to install a point-of-sale system for the
collection of fees by license deputies. A designated entity may
collect revenue for the department from license deputies.
(b) The department by rule may set the amount of
compensation for a point-of-sale entity. The amount of compensation
per transaction may not exceed five percent of the amount of the fee
collected by the entity.
(c) Sections 521.425 and 521.427 do not apply to
compensation authorized by this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.