77R8010 YDB-D
By West H.B. No. 335
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 335:
By Turner of Coleman C.S.H.B. No. 335
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the Department of Public Safety Historical Museum and
1-3 Research Center.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding
1-6 Subchapter J to read as follows:
1-7 SUBCHAPTER J. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
1-8 AND RESEARCH CENTER
1-9 Sec. 411.301. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "museum" means
1-10 the nonprofit organization, known as the Department of Public
1-11 Safety Historical Museum and Research Center, established by
1-12 employees and former employees of the department for the purposes
1-13 of creating and operating a museum and research facility to:
1-14 (1) inform the public about the personnel and history
1-15 of the department; and
1-16 (2) educate young people about law enforcement
1-17 procedures through an interactive facility.
1-18 Sec. 411.302. GENERAL PROVISIONS. The commission may:
1-19 (1) establish a support staff in the department to
1-20 assist the museum;
1-21 (2) use department property to fulfill the purposes of
1-22 this subchapter; and
1-23 (3) enter into a contract with the museum.
1-24 Sec. 411.303. PERSONNEL. (a) The director may appoint and
2-1 assign duties to department personnel to serve as paid support
2-2 staff for the museum.
2-3 (b) The support staff may consist of a historian, a
2-4 librarian, and other personnel as needed to administer the museum.
2-5 (c) The department may spend funds to hire support staff.
2-6 Sec. 411.304. FUNDING. (a) The Department of Public Safety
2-7 Historical Museum and Research Center account is created as a
2-8 special account outside the state treasury to be held at the
2-9 Department of Public Safety Credit Union and to be administered by
2-10 the commission. The money in the account may be used only to
2-11 administer this subchapter.
2-12 (b) The account is composed of money collected under
2-13 Sections 521.421(h), 521.422(d), and 522.029(h), Transportation
2-14 Code.
2-15 SECTION 2. Section 521.421, Transportation Code, is amended
2-16 by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
2-17 (h) The department shall collect an additional fee of $1 for
2-18 the issuance or renewal of a license if the person applying for or
2-19 renewing a license chooses to pay the additional fee. On any form
2-20 the department uses to inform a person of the additional fee
2-21 collected under this subsection, the department shall use similar
2-22 language and the same size and font type used by the department to
2-23 inform a person of any other additional fee collected under this
2-24 section. The department shall remit fees collected under this
2-25 subsection to the comptroller, who shall maintain the identity of
2-26 the source of the fees. The comptroller shall deposit the funds
2-27 received under this subsection to the credit of the Department of
3-1 Public Safety Historical Museum and Research Center account
3-2 established by Subchapter J, Chapter 411, Government Code.
3-3 SECTION 3. Section 521.422, Transportation Code, is amended
3-4 by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
3-5 (d) The department shall collect an additional fee of $1 for
3-6 the issuance or renewal of a personal identification card if the
3-7 person applying for or renewing an identification card chooses to
3-8 pay the additional fee. On any form the department uses to inform
3-9 a person of the additional fee collected under this subsection, the
3-10 department shall use similar language and the same size and font
3-11 type used by the department to inform a person of any other
3-12 additional fee collected under this section. The department shall
3-13 remit fees collected under this subsection to the comptroller, who
3-14 shall maintain the identity of the source of the fees. The
3-15 comptroller shall deposit the funds received under this subsection
3-16 to the credit of the Department of Public Safety Historical Museum
3-17 and Research Center account established by Subchapter J, Chapter
3-18 411, Government Code.
3-19 SECTION 4. Section 522.029, Transportation Code, is amended
3-20 by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
3-21 (h) The department shall collect an additional fee of $1 for
3-22 the issuance or renewal of a commercial driver's license or
3-23 commercial driver learner's permit if the person applying for or
3-24 renewing a license chooses to pay the additional fee. The
3-25 department shall remit fees collected under this subsection to the
3-26 comptroller, who shall maintain the identity of the source of the
3-27 fees. The comptroller shall deposit the funds received under this
4-1 subsection to the credit of the Department of Public Safety
4-2 Historical Museum and Research Center account established by
4-3 Subchapter J, Chapter 411, Government Code.
4-4 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.