| 1 | 1 | | 86R2364 BEE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bernal H.B. No. 180 |
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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 a waiver of fees for foster care and homeless youth for |
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| 8 | 8 | | driver's licenses and personal identification certificates. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended by adding Section 521.1015 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 521.1015. WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CARE AND HOMELESS |
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| 13 | 13 | | YOUTH. A person is exempt from the payment of any fee for the |
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| 14 | 14 | | issuance of a personal identification certificate, as provided |
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| 15 | 15 | | under this chapter, if that person is: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) younger than 18 years of age and in the managing |
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| 17 | 17 | | conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective |
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| 18 | 18 | | Services; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) at least 18 years of age, but younger than 21 years |
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| 20 | 20 | | of age, and resides in a foster care placement, the cost of which is |
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| 21 | 21 | | paid by the Department of Family and Protective Services; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) a homeless child or youth, as defined by 42 U.S.C. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 11434a. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Section 521.1811, Transportation Code, is |
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| 25 | 25 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 26 | 26 | | Sec. 521.1811. WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CARE AND HOMELESS |
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| 27 | 27 | | YOUTH. A person is exempt from the payment of any fee for the |
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| 28 | 28 | | issuance of a driver's license, as provided under this chapter, if |
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| 29 | 29 | | that person is: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) younger than 18 years of age and in the managing |
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| 31 | 31 | | conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective |
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| 32 | 32 | | Services; [or] |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) at least 18 years of age, but younger than 21 years |
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| 34 | 34 | | of age, and resides in a foster care placement, the cost of which is |
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| 35 | 35 | | paid by the Department of Family and Protective Services; or |
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| 36 | 36 | | (3) a homeless child or youth, as defined by 42 U.S.C. |
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| 37 | 37 | | Section 11434a. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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