By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) H.B. No. 1699
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017;
May 2, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 10, 2017, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the participation by qualified persons in the
Department of Public Safety's driver record monitoring pilot
program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 521.062, Transportation Code, is
amended by amending Subsections (b) and (j) and adding Subsections
(b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
(b) Under the pilot program, the department shall:
(1) [may] enter into a contract with any [a] person
qualified to provide driver record monitoring services, as
described by Subsection (c); [,] and
(2) provide certain information from the department's
driver's license records to the person as provided by this section.
(b-1) A person is qualified to provide driver record
monitoring services [,] if the person:
(1) has submitted an application to the department;
(2) [(1)] is an employer, an insurer, an insurance
support organization, an employer support organization, or an
entity that self-insures its motor vehicles; and
(3) [(2)] is eligible to receive the information under
Chapter 730.
(b-2) The department may not limit the number of qualified
persons participating in the pilot program.
(j) The department shall accept and consider applications
[may establish a reasonable deadline by which a person must apply]
to enter into a contract with the department under this section
until the conclusion of the term of the pilot program [and may not
enter into a contract with a person who fails to apply before that
deadline].
SECTION 2. 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.
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