86R8511 MP-D
By: Ramos H.B. No. 1724
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption for teachers from the payment of a fee for
the issuance of a driver's license or personal identification
certificate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter R, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.4265 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.4265. TEACHER EXEMPTION. (a) In this section,
"teacher" means a principal, supervisor, classroom teacher, school
counselor, or other full-time professional employee who is required
to hold a certificate issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21,
Education Code.
(b) An applicant who is, at the time of application, a
teacher or a retired teacher is exempt from the payment of fees
under this chapter for the issuance of a driver's license or
personal identification certificate.
(c) The department shall require an applicant requesting an
exemption under this section to provide proof of the applicant's
entitlement to the exemption. The department shall adopt rules
relating to the proof of entitlement to the exemption, which may
include, for retired teachers, statements or other communications
issued by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas that evidence
payment of an annuity from the system.
SECTION 2. Section 521.4265, Transportation Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to a driver's license or personal
identification certificate for which an application is submitted on
or after the effective date of this Act. A driver's license or
personal identification certificate for which an application was
submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.