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| 2 | 2 | | By: Klick H.B. No. 153 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the issuance of personal identification documents for |
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| 8 | 8 | | foster children, homeless children or youth, and unaccompanied |
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| 9 | 9 | | youth. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 191, Health and Safety |
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| 12 | 12 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 191.0049 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 191.0049. BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO FOSTER CHILD OR |
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| 14 | 14 | | HOMELESS OR UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH. On request of a child described by |
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| 15 | 15 | | this section, the state registrar, a local registrar, or a county |
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| 16 | 16 | | clerk shall issue, without fee or parental consent, a certified |
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| 17 | 17 | | copy of the child's birth record to: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) a homeless child or youth or an unaccompanied |
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| 19 | 19 | | youth as those terms are defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) a child in the managing conservatorship of the |
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| 21 | 21 | | Department of Family and Protective Services. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, |
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| 23 | 23 | | is amended by adding Section 521.1015 to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | Sec. 521.1015. PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE ISSUED |
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| 25 | 25 | | TO FOSTER OR HOMELESS CHILD. (a) In this section: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) "Foster child" means a person who is 16 years of |
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| 27 | 27 | | age or older and in the managing conservatorship of the Department |
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| 28 | 28 | | of Family and Protective Services. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) "Homeless child or youth" has the meaning assigned |
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| 30 | 30 | | by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) "Unaccompanied youth" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 32 | 32 | | 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) This section applies to the application for a personal |
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| 34 | 34 | | identification certificate only for a foster child, a homeless |
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| 35 | 35 | | child or youth, or an unaccompanied youth. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c) Notwithstanding Section 521.101, Section 521.1426, or |
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| 37 | 37 | | any other provision of this chapter, a child or youth described by |
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| 38 | 38 | | Subsection (b) may, in applying for a personal identification |
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| 39 | 39 | | certificate: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) provide a copy of the child's or youth's birth |
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| 41 | 41 | | certificate as proof of the child's or youth's identity and United |
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| 42 | 42 | | States citizenship, as applicable; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) if the child or youth does not have a residence or |
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| 44 | 44 | | domicile, provide a letter from the school district in which the |
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| 45 | 45 | | child or youth is enrolled certifying that the child or youth is a |
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| 46 | 46 | | homeless child or youth or an unaccompanied youth. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (d) A child or youth described by Subsection (b) may apply |
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| 48 | 48 | | for and the department may issue a personal identification |
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| 49 | 49 | | certificate without the signature or presence of or permission from |
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| 50 | 50 | | a parent or guardian of the child or youth. |
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| 51 | 51 | | (e) A child or youth described by Subsection (b) is exempt |
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| 52 | 52 | | from the payment of any fee for the issuance of a personal |
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| 53 | 53 | | identification certificate under this chapter. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 3. Section 521.1811, Transportation Code, is |
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| 55 | 55 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 56 | 56 | | Sec. 521.1811. WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CHILD OR HOMELESS |
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| 57 | 57 | | OR UNACCOMPANIED [CARE] YOUTH. A person is exempt from the payment |
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| 58 | 58 | | of any fee for the issuance of a driver's license, as provided under |
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| 59 | 59 | | this chapter, if that person is: |
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| 60 | 60 | | (1) younger than 18 years of age and in the managing |
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| 61 | 61 | | conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective |
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| 62 | 62 | | Services; [or] |
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| 63 | 63 | | (2) at least 18 years of age, but younger than 21 years |
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| 64 | 64 | | of age, and resides in a foster care placement, the cost of which is |
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| 65 | 65 | | paid by the Department of Family and Protective Services; or |
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| 66 | 66 | | (3) a homeless child or youth or an unaccompanied |
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| 67 | 67 | | youth as those terms are defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a. |
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| 68 | 68 | | SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an |
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| 69 | 69 | | application for a driver's license, personal identification |
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| 70 | 70 | | certificate, or birth certificate submitted on or after the |
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| 71 | 71 | | effective date of this Act. An application for a driver's license, |
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| 72 | 72 | | personal identification certificate, or birth certificate |
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| 73 | 73 | | submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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| 74 | 74 | | law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the |
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| 75 | 75 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 76 | 76 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |
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