Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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2	2	By: King S.B. No. 2190
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to a grant program for nonprofit organizations supporting
10	10	the Department of Public Safety; authorizing voluntary
11	11	contributions.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
14	14	is amended by adding Section 521.012 to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 521.012. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION FOR GRANT PROGRAM FOR
16	16	NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
17	17	(a) When a person applies for an original or renewal driver's
18	18	license or personal identification certificate under this chapter,
19	19	the person may contribute $3 or more to the grant program for
20	20	nonprofit organizations supporting the Department of Public Safety
21	21	established under Section 411.013, Government Code.
22	22	(b) The department shall:
23	23	(1) include space on the first page of each
24	24	application for an original or renewal driver's license or personal
25	25	identification certificate that allows a person applying for an
26	26	original or renewal driver's license or personal identification
27	27	certificate to indicate the amount that the person is voluntarily
28	28	contributing to the grant program; and
29	29	(2) provide an opportunity for the person to
30	30	contribute to the grant program during the application process for
31	31	an original or renewal driver's license or personal identification
32	32	certificate on the department's Internet website.
33	33	(c) The department shall send any contribution made under
34	34	this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the
35	35	nonprofit organizations supporting the Department of Public Safety
36	36	account established under Section 411.013, Government Code, not
37	37	later than the 14th day of each month. Before sending the money to
38	38	the comptroller, the department may deduct money equal to the
39	39	amount of reasonable expenses for administering this section.
40	40	SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 522, Transportation Code,
41	41	is amended by adding Section 522.0297 to read as follows:
42	42	Sec. 522.0297. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION FOR GRANT PROGRAM FOR
43	43	NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
44	44	(a) When a person applies for an original or renewal commercial
45	45	driver's license under this chapter, the person may contribute $3
46	46	or more to the grant program for nonprofit organizations supporting
47	47	the Department of Public Safety established under Section 411.013,
48	48	Government Code.
49	49	(b) The department shall:
50	50	(1) include space on the first page of each
51	51	application for an original or renewal commercial driver's license
52	52	that allows a person applying for an original or renewal commercial
53	53	driver's license to indicate the amount that the person is
54	54	voluntarily contributing to the grant program; and
55	55	(2) provide an opportunity for the person to
56	56	contribute to the grant program during the application process for
57	57	an original or renewal commercial driver's license on the
58	58	department's Internet website.
59	59	(c) The department shall send any contribution made under
60	60	this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the
61	61	nonprofit organizations supporting the Department of Public Safety
62	62	account established under Section 411.013, Government Code, not
63	63	later than the 14th day of each month. Before sending the money to
64	64	the comptroller, the department may deduct money equal to the
65	65	amount of reasonable expenses for administering this section.
66	66	SECTION 3. Section 411.013, Government Code, is amended by
67	67	adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
68	68	(d) The department shall establish and administer a grant
69	69	program for and shall disburse funds to nonprofit organizations
70	70	that provide support to the department, including support for
71	71	employees of the department. Grant funds may be used only for
72	72	providing support to the department. The department shall
73	73	establish:
74	74	(1) grant application procedures;
75	75	(2) guidelines relating to grant amounts; and
76	76	(3) criteria for evaluating grant applications.
77	77	(e) The nonprofit organizations supporting the Department
78	78	of Public Safety account is created as a dedicated account in the
79	79	general revenue fund of the state treasury. Money in the account
80	80	may be appropriated only to the department for purposes of the grant
81	81	program established under Subsection (d). Funds distributed under
82	82	Subsection (d) are subject to audit by the comptroller.
83	83	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
84	84	a person who applies for an original or renewal driver's license,
85	85	commercial driver's license, or personal identification
86	86	certificate on or after January 1, 2026.
87	87	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.