H.B. No. 156
AN ACT
relating to the supervision by a personal bond office of
individuals granted an occupational driver's license; providing
for an administrative fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.2462, Transportation Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1),
(a-2), and (a-3) to read as follows:
(a) The court granting an occupational license under this
subchapter may order the person receiving the license to[:
[(1)] submit to supervision for the purpose of
verifying the person's [by the local community supervision and
corrections department to verify] compliance with the conditions
specified by the order granting the license, including the
conditions specified in accordance with Section 521.248.
(a-1) The court may order the supervision of the person to
be conducted by:
(1) the local community supervision and corrections
department; or
(2) a personal bond office established under Article
17.42, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(a-2) If the court orders the person's supervision to be
conducted by the local community supervision and corrections
department, the court shall order the person to[; and
[(2)] pay a monthly administrative fee under Section
76.015, Government Code.
(a-3) If the court orders the person's supervision to be
conducted by a personal bond office, the office may collect from the
person a reasonable administrative fee of not less than $25 and not
more than $60 per month.
SECTION 2. Section 521.251(d-1), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d-1) Notwithstanding Subsections (b), (c), and (d), the
court may issue an occupational license to a person if the person
submits proof the person has an ignition interlock device installed
on each motor vehicle owned or operated by the person. If a person
issued an occupational license under this subsection fails to
maintain an installed ignition interlock device on each motor
vehicle owned or operated by the person, the court shall revoke the
occupational license under Section 521.252 and reinstate the
suspension of the person's driver's license. A person granted an
occupational license under this subsection may not be ordered,
under Section 521.2462, to submit to the supervision of the local
community supervision and corrections department or a personal bond
office established under Article 17.42, Code of Criminal Procedure
[under Section 521.2462], unless the order is entered by a court of
record.
SECTION 3. Section 76.015, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) This section does not apply to an individual ordered
to pay an administrative fee to a personal bond office under Section
521.2462(a-3), Transportation Code.
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act to Section
521.2462, Transportation Code, applies to an order issued under
that section on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless
of whether the underlying offense giving rise to the order was
committed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 156 was passed by the House on April
24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 156 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor