By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2475
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the indigent status of a person for purposes of the
driver responsibility program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 708.158, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A person may provide information to the court, as
described by Subsection (b), to establish that the person is
indigent at any time during a period the person is enrolled in an
installment plan under Section 708.153.
SECTION 2. Section 708.158(c), Transportation Code, as
added by this Act, applies to any surcharge pending on the effective
date of this Act, regardless of whether the surcharge was imposed
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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