84R1760 JXC-D
By: Menéndez H.B. No. 140
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to driver's licenses and personal identification
certificates issued to veterans; reducing certain fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.010 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.010. SERVICES INFORMATION FOR VETERANS. The
department and the Texas Veterans Commission shall jointly develop
for veterans who receive a driver's license or personal
identification certificate with a veteran's designation a one-page
informational paper about veterans services provided by this state.
SECTION 2. Section 521.102, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The department shall provide to the recipient of a
personal identification certificate with a veteran's designation
the informational paper described by Section 521.010 at the time
the certificate is issued.
SECTION 3. Section 521.1235, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The department shall provide to the recipient of a
driver's license with a veteran's designation the informational
paper described by Section 521.010 at the time the license is
issued.
SECTION 4. Subchapter R, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.4261 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.4261. REDUCED FEES FOR VETERANS. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (c) and Section 521.426, the fee for the
issuance of a personal identification certificate or driver's
license for a person who qualifies for a veteran's designation
under Section 521.102 or 521.1235 is half the amount of the fee that
would otherwise apply under this chapter.
(b) The department shall adopt rules relating to the proof
of entitlement to a fee reduction under this section.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person subject to the
registration requirements of Chapter 62, Code of Criminal
Procedure.
SECTION 5. Section 521.4261, Transportation Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a driver's license or personal
identification certificate for which an application was submitted
on or after the effective date of this Act. A driver's license or
personal identification certificate for which an application was
submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect when the application was submitted, and the former law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.