Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R6252 MCK-D
2	2	By: Watson S.B. No. 481
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to personal identification documents for foster children
8	8	or youth, homeless children or youth, and unaccompanied youth.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 191, Health and Safety
11	11	Code, is amended by adding Section 191.0049 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 191.0049. BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO FOSTER CHILD OR YOUTH
13	13	OR HOMELESS OR UNACCOMPANIED YOUTH. On request of a child or youth
14	14	described by this section, the state registrar, a local registrar,
15	15	or a county clerk shall issue, without fee or parental consent, a
16	16	certified copy of the child's or youth's birth record to:
17	17	(1) a homeless child or youth or an unaccompanied
18	18	youth as those terms are defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a;
19	19	(2) a child in the managing conservatorship of the
20	20	Department of Family and Protective Services; and
21	21	(3) a young adult who:
22	22	(A) is at least 18 years of age, but younger than
23	23	21 years of age; and
24	24	(B) resides in a foster care placement, the cost
25	25	of which is paid by the Department of Family and Protective
26	26	Services.
27	27	SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
28	28	is amended by adding Section 521.1015 to read as follows:
29	29	Sec. 521.1015. PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE ISSUED
30	30	TO FOSTER CHILD OR YOUTH, HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH, OR UNACCOMPANIED
31	31	YOUTH. (a) In this section:
32	32	(1) "Foster child or youth" means:
33	33	(A) a child in the managing conservatorship of
34	34	the Department of Family and Protective Services; or
35	35	(B) a young adult who:
36	36	(i) is at least 18 years of age, but younger
37	37	than 21 years of age; and
38	38	(ii) resides in a foster care placement,
39	39	the cost of which is paid by the Department of Family and Protective
40	40	Services.
41	41	(2) "Homeless child or youth" has the meaning assigned
42	42	by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a.
43	43	(3) "Unaccompanied youth" has the meaning assigned by
44	44	42 U.S.C. Section 11434a.
45	45	(b) This section applies to the application for a personal
46	46	identification certificate only for a foster child or youth, a
47	47	homeless child or youth, or an unaccompanied youth.
48	48	(c) Notwithstanding Section 521.101, Section 521.1426, or
49	49	any other provision of this chapter, a child or youth described by
50	50	Subsection (b) may, in applying for a personal identification
51	51	certificate:
52	52	(1) provide a copy of the child's or youth's birth
53	53	certificate as proof of the child's or youth's identity and United
54	54	States citizenship, as applicable; and
55	55	(2) if the child or youth does not have a residence or
56	56	domicile:
57	57	(A) provide a letter certifying the child or
58	58	youth is a homeless child or youth or an unaccompanied youth issued
59	59	by:
60	60	(i) the school district in which the child
61	61	or youth is enrolled;
62	62	(ii) the director of an emergency shelter
63	63	or transitional housing program funded by the United States
64	64	Department of Housing and Urban Development; or
65	65	(iii) the director of:
66	66	(a) a basic center for runaway and
67	67	homeless youth; or
68	68	(b) a transitional living program; or
69	69	(B) use the address of the regional office where
70	70	the Department of Family and Protective Services caseworker for the
71	71	child or youth is based.
72	72	(d) A child or youth described by Subsection (b) may apply
73	73	for and the department may issue a personal identification
74	74	certificate without the signature or presence of or permission from
75	75	a parent or guardian of the child or youth.
76	76	(e) A child or youth described by Subsection (b) is exempt
77	77	from the payment of any fee for the issuance of a personal
78	78	identification certificate under this chapter.
79	79	SECTION 3. Section 521.1811, Transportation Code, is
80	80	amended to read as follows:
81	81	Sec. 521.1811. WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CHILD OR YOUTH,
82	82	HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH, OR UNACCOMPANIED [CARE] YOUTH. A person is
83	83	exempt from the payment of any fee for the issuance of a driver's
84	84	license, as provided under this chapter, if that person is:
85	85	(1) younger than 18 years of age and in the managing
86	86	conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective
87	87	Services; [or]
88	88	(2) at least 18 years of age, but younger than 21 years
89	89	of age, and resides in a foster care placement, the cost of which is
90	90	paid by the Department of Family and Protective Services; or
91	91	(3) a homeless child or youth or an unaccompanied
92	92	youth as those terms are defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a.
93	93	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply to an
94	94	application for a driver's license, personal identification
95	95	certificate, or birth record submitted on or after the effective
96	96	date of this Act. An application for a driver's license, personal
97	97	identification certificate, or birth record submitted before the
98	98	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
99	99	date the application was submitted, and the former law is continued
100	100	in effect for that purpose.
101	101	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.