Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB274 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R4705 AJZ-D
2	2	By: Watson S.B. No. 274
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the driver responsibility program; reducing the amounts
8	8	of surcharges.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 542.4031(h), Transportation Code, is
11	11	amended to read as follows:
12	12	(h) Notwithstanding Subsection (g)(1), in any state fiscal
13	13	year the comptroller shall deposit 67 percent of the money received
14	14	under Subsection (e)(2) to the credit of the general revenue fund
15	15	only until the total amount of the money deposited to the credit of
16	16	the general revenue fund under Subsection (g)(1) [and Section
17	17	780.002(b), Health and Safety Code,] equals $250 million for that
18	18	year. If in any state fiscal year the amount received by the
19	19	comptroller under Subsection (e)(2) [those laws] for deposit to the
20	20	credit of the general revenue fund exceeds $250 million, the
21	21	comptroller shall deposit the additional amount to the credit of
22	22	the Texas mobility fund.
23	23	SECTION 2. Section 708.054, Transportation Code, is amended
24	24	to read as follows:
25	25	Sec. 708.054. AMOUNT OF POINTS SURCHARGE. The amount of a
26	26	surcharge under this chapter is $50 [$100] for the first six points
27	27	and $12.50 [$25] for each additional point.
28	28	SECTION 3. Section 708.102(c), Transportation Code, is
29	29	amended to read as follows:
30	30	(c) The amount of a surcharge under this section is $500
31	31	[$1,000] per year, except that the amount of the surcharge is:
32	32	(1) $750 [$1,500] per year for a second or subsequent
33	33	conviction within a 36-month period; and
34	34	(2) $1,000 [$2,000] for a first or subsequent
35	35	conviction if it is shown on the trial of the offense that an
36	36	analysis of a specimen of the person's blood, breath, or urine
37	37	showed an alcohol concentration level of 0.16 or more at the time
38	38	the analysis was performed.
39	39	SECTION 4. Section 708.103(b), Transportation Code, is
40	40	amended to read as follows:
41	41	(b) The [Except as provided by Subsection (c), the] amount
42	42	of a surcharge under this section is $125 [$250] per year.
43	43	SECTION 5. Section 708.104(b), Transportation Code, is
44	44	amended to read as follows:
45	45	(b) The [Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the] amount
46	46	of a surcharge under this section is $50 [$100] per year.
47	47	SECTION 6. Section 780.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is
48	48	amended to read as follows:
49	49	(b) The comptroller shall deposit 99 [49.5] percent of the
50	50	money received under Subsection (a) to the credit of the account
51	51	established under this chapter [and 49.5 percent of the money to the
52	52	general revenue fund]. The remaining one percent of the amount of
53	53	the surcharges shall be deposited to the general revenue fund and
54	54	may be appropriated only to the Department of Public Safety for
55	55	administration of the driver responsibility program operated by
56	56	that department under Chapter 708, Transportation Code.
57	57	SECTION 7. The following laws are repealed:
58	58	(1) Section 780.002(c), Health and Safety Code; and
59	59	(2) Sections 708.103(c) and 708.104(b-1),
60	60	Transportation Code.
61	61	SECTION 8. The change in law made by this Act applies only
62	62	to a surcharge assessed on or after the effective date of this Act,
63	63	including a surcharge assessed for a conviction for an offense that
64	64	occurred before the effective date of this Act. The state is not
65	65	required to refund a surcharge collected before the effective date
66	66	of this Act.
67	67	SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.