By: Bernal H.B. No. 862
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the waiver of state identification fees for certain
students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 521.1811 WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CARE AND HOMELESS
YOUTH. A person is exempt from the payment of any fee for the
issuance of a driver's license or state identification certificate
(including but not limited to first issuances, renewals, and
address changes), as provided under this chapter, if that person
is:
(1) younger than 18 years of age and in the managing
conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective
Services; or
(2) at least 18 years of age, but younger than 21 years
of age, and resides in a foster care placement, the cost of which is
paid by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
(3) younger than 21 years of age and classified as
homeless under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987
by the Homeless Education Liaison at the school district in which
they are enrolled.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.