85R2119 JXC-D
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 1430
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the indigent status of a person for the purposes of the
driver responsibility program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 708.158(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The department shall waive all surcharges assessed
under this chapter for a person who is indigent. For the purposes
of this section, a person is considered to be indigent if the person
provides the evidence described by Subsection (b) to the court. The
court on its own motion may inquire whether the person would like to
submit evidence to establish the person's indigent status.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
708.158, Transportation Code, applies only to a trial that begins
on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether
the offense occurred before, on, or after the effective date of this
Act. The state is not required to refund a surcharge collected
before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.