Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB266 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R3182 AJZ-D
2	2	By: Watson S.B. No. 266
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the driver responsibility program.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 542.4031(h), Transportation Code, is
10	10	amended to read as follows:
11	11	(h) Notwithstanding Subsection (g)(1), in any state fiscal
12	12	year the comptroller shall deposit 67 percent of the money received
13	13	under Subsection (e)(2) to the credit of the general revenue fund
14	14	only until the total amount of the money deposited to the credit of
15	15	the general revenue fund under Subsection (g)(1) [and Section
16	16	780.002(b), Health and Safety Code,] equals $250 million for that
17	17	year. If in any state fiscal year the amount received by the
18	18	comptroller under those laws for deposit to the credit of the
19	19	general revenue fund exceeds $250 million, the comptroller shall
20	20	deposit the additional amount to the credit of the Texas mobility
21	21	fund.
22	22	SECTION 2. Section 708.054, Transportation Code, is amended
23	23	to read as follows:
24	24	Sec. 708.054. AMOUNT OF POINTS SURCHARGE. The amount of a
25	25	surcharge under this chapter is $50 [$100] for the first six points
26	26	and $12.50 [$25] for each additional point.
27	27	SECTION 3. Section 708.102(c), Transportation Code, is
28	28	amended to read as follows:
29	29	(c) The amount of a surcharge under this section is $500
30	30	[$1,000] per year, except that the amount of the surcharge is:
31	31	(1) $750 [$1,500] per year for a second or subsequent
32	32	conviction within a 36-month period; and
33	33	(2) $1,000 [$2,000] for a first or subsequent
34	34	conviction if it is shown on the trial of the offense that an
35	35	analysis of a specimen of the person's blood, breath, or urine
36	36	showed an alcohol concentration level of 0.16 or more at the time
37	37	the analysis was performed.
38	38	SECTION 4. Section 708.103(b), Transportation Code, is
39	39	amended to read as follows:
40	40	(b) The [Except as provided by Subsection (c), the] amount
41	41	of a surcharge under this section is $125 [$250] per year.
42	42	SECTION 5. Section 708.104(b), Transportation Code, is
43	43	amended to read as follows:
44	44	(b) The [Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the] amount
45	45	of a surcharge under this section is $50 [$100] per year.
46	46	SECTION 6. Section 780.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
47	47	amended to read as follows:
48	48	(b) The comptroller shall deposit 99 [49.5] percent of the
49	49	money received under Subsection (a) to the credit of the account
50	50	established under this chapter [and 49.5 percent of the money to the
51	51	general revenue fund]. The remaining one percent of the amount of
52	52	the surcharges shall be deposited to the general revenue fund and
53	53	may be appropriated only to the Department of Public Safety for
54	54	administration of the driver responsibility program operated by
55	55	that department under Chapter 708, Transportation Code.
56	56	SECTION 7. The following laws are repealed:
57	57	(1) Section 780.002(c), Health and Safety Code; and
58	58	(2) Sections 708.103(c) and 708.104(b-1),
59	59	Transportation Code.
60	60	SECTION 8. The change in law made by this Act applies only
61	61	to a surcharge assessed on or after the effective date of this Act,
62	62	including a surcharge assessed for a conviction for an offense that
63	63	occurred before the effective date of this Act. The state is not
64	64	required to refund a surcharge collected before the effective date
65	65	of this Act.
66	66	SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.