Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 2054
	1	+	By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2054
	2	+	(White, Guillen, J. Johnson of Harris)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the payment of fees and costs associated with driver
6	8		education and safety courses and driver's license examinations for
7	9		foster children or youth, former foster children or youth, and
8	10		youth experiencing homelessness.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
11	13		is amended by adding Section 521.168 to read as follows:
12	14		Sec. 521.168. PAYMENT OF FEES FOR CERTAIN FOSTER AND
13	15		HOMELESS CHILDREN AND YOUTHS. (a) Unless prohibited under Section
14	16		521.4265(c), the Texas Workforce Commission shall on request pay
15	17		the fees associated with meeting a requirement imposed under this
16	18		subchapter or Chapter 1001, Education Code, for a person who is:
17	19		(1) eligible for a driver's license fee exemption
18	20		under Section 521.1811; or
19	21		(2) younger than 26 years of age and:
20	22		(A) was in the managing conservatorship of the
21	23		Department of Family and Protective Services on the day before the
22	24		person's 18th birthday; or
23	25		(B) is a homeless child or youth as defined by 42
24	26		U.S.C. Section 11434a.
25	27		(b) The Texas Workforce Commission by rule shall establish a
26	28		process by which:
27	29		(1) a person described by Subsection (a) may apply to
28	30		that commission for the payment of fees under this section; and
29	31		(2) that commission pays fees associated with meeting
30	32		a requirement imposed under this subchapter or Chapter 1001,
31	33		Education Code, to appropriate entities on behalf of the person
32	34		described by Subsection (a).
33	35		SECTION 2. Section 521.4265, Transportation Code, is
34	36		amended by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection
35	37		(d) to read as follows:
36	38		(b) From the money in the identification fee exemption
37	39		account the department shall:
38	40		(1) request that the comptroller transfer to the Texas
39		-	Workforce Commission amounts sufficient to cover the cost of
40		-	implementing the program under Section 521.168, including amounts
41		-	sufficient for the payment by the Texas Workforce Commission of:
42		-	(A) fees to entities other than the department;
43		-	and
44		-	(B) the Texas Workforce Commission's
45		-	implementation costs; and
46		-	(2) for [For] each exemption granted under Section
	41	+	Workforce Commission amounts sufficient to provide for the payment
	42	+	by the Texas Workforce Commission of fees to entities other than the
	43	+	department under Section 521.168;
	44	+	(2) pay the department's costs associated with
	45	+	administering Subdivision (1); and
	46	+	(3) for [For] each exemption granted under Section
47	47		521.1015 or 521.1811, [the department shall] deposit to the credit
48	48		of the Texas mobility fund an amount [from the identification fee
49	49		exemption account under Subsection (a)] that is equal to the amount
50	50		of the waived fee that would otherwise be deposited to the mobility
51	51		fund.
52	52		(c) The department may not:
53		-	(1) request a transfer under Subsection (b)(1) ~~if the~~
54		-	~~balance of~~ the ~~account for the fiscal year is less than three times~~
55		-	the ~~amount expended in~~ the ~~previous fiscal year for the waivers~~
56		-	~~provided by Sections 521.1015(e) and 521.1811~~; or
	53	+	(1) request a transfer under Subsection (b)(1) or pay
	54	+	a cost under Subsection (b)(2) if the department determines in
	55	+	consultation with the Texas Workforce Commission that the balance
	56	+	of the account is insufficient; or
57	57		(2) grant an exemption under Section 521.1015 or
58	58		521.1811 if money is not available in the identification fee
59		-	exemption account to meet the requirements of Subsection (b)(2)
	59	+	exemption account to meet the requirements of Subsection (b)(3)
60	60		[(b)].
61	61		(d) The department, in consultation with the Texas
62	62		Workforce Commission, by rule shall establish a process by which
63	63		transfers are made under Subsection (b).
64	64		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
65		-	______________________________ ______________________________
66		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
67		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2054 passed the Senate on
68		-	April 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
69		-	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the
70		-	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
71		-	______________________________
72		-	Secretary of the Senate
73		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2054 passed the House, with
74		-	amendment, on May 23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 137,
75		-	Nays 7, one present not voting.
76		-	______________________________
77		-	Chief Clerk of the House
78		-	Approved:
79		-	______________________________
80		-	Date
81		-	______________________________
82		-	Governor