86R1345 AJZ-D
By: Wu H.B. No. 757
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the required notice of a surcharge assessed under the
driver responsibility program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 708.151(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The department shall send notices as required by
Subsection (b) to the holder of a driver's license when a surcharge
is assessed on that license. Each notice must:
(1) be sent by:
(A) first class mail to the person's most recent
address as shown on the records of the department or to the person's
most recent forwarding address on record with the United States
Postal Service if it is different; or
(B) e-mail if the person has provided an e-mail
address to the department and has elected to receive notice
electronically;
(2) specify the date by which the surcharge must be
paid;
(3) state the total dollar amount of the surcharge
that must be paid, the total unpaid dollar amount of any previous
surcharge, the number of monthly payments required under an
installment payment plan, and the minimum monthly payment required
for a person to enter and maintain an installment payment plan with
the department; [and]
(4) state the consequences of a failure to pay the
surcharge; and
(5) provide information about the surcharge waiver
available under Section 708.158 for persons who are indigent.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.