| 1 | | - | By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 1699 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017; |
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| 3 | | - | May 2, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | | - | Transportation; May 10, 2017, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | | - | vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1699 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to the participation by qualified persons in the |
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| 12 | 6 | | Department of Public Safety's driver record monitoring pilot |
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| 13 | 7 | | program. |
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| 14 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Sections 521.062, Transportation Code, is |
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| 16 | 10 | | amended by amending Subsections (b) and (j) and adding Subsections |
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| 17 | 11 | | (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 12 | | (b) Under the pilot program, the department shall: |
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| 19 | 13 | | (1) [may] enter into a contract with any [a] person |
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| 20 | 14 | | qualified to provide driver record monitoring services, as |
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| 21 | 15 | | described by Subsection (c); [,] and |
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| 22 | 16 | | (2) provide certain information from the department's |
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| 23 | 17 | | driver's license records to the person as provided by this section. |
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| 24 | 18 | | (b-1) A person is qualified to provide driver record |
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| 25 | 19 | | monitoring services [,] if the person: |
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| 26 | 20 | | (1) has submitted an application to the department; |
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| 27 | 21 | | (2) [(1)] is an employer, an insurer, an insurance |
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| 28 | 22 | | support organization, an employer support organization, or an |
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| 29 | 23 | | entity that self-insures its motor vehicles; and |
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| 30 | 24 | | (3) [(2)] is eligible to receive the information under |
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| 31 | 25 | | Chapter 730. |
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| 32 | 26 | | (b-2) The department may not limit the number of qualified |
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| 33 | 27 | | persons participating in the pilot program. |
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| 34 | 28 | | (j) The department shall accept and consider applications |
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| 35 | 29 | | [may establish a reasonable deadline by which a person must apply] |
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| 36 | 30 | | to enter into a contract with the department under this section |
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| 37 | 31 | | until the conclusion of the term of the pilot program [and may not |
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| 38 | 32 | | enter into a contract with a person who fails to apply before that |
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| 39 | 33 | | deadline]. |
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| 40 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 41 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 42 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 43 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 44 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 45 | | - | * * * * * |
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| 39 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 40 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 41 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1699 was passed by the House on April |
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| 42 | + | 17, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 16, 3 present, not |
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| 43 | + | voting. |
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| 44 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 46 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1699 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 47 | + | 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. |
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| 48 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 50 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 51 | + | Date |
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| 52 | + | _____________________ |
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| 53 | + | Governor |
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