86R2241 MCK-D
By: Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 323
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption for a foster child from the payment of a
fee for the issuance of a personal identification certificate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.1811, Transportation Code, is
transferred to Subchapter R, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
renumbered as Section 521.4261, Transportation Code, and amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 521.4261 [521.1811]. WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CARE
YOUTH. A person is exempt from the payment of any fee for the
issuance of a driver's license or personal identification
certificate, as provided under this chapter, if that person is:
(1) younger than 18 years of age and in the managing
conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective
Services; or
(2) at least 18 years of age, but younger than 21 years
of age, and resides in a foster care placement, the cost of which is
paid by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.