78S10516 DWS-F
By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 114
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to appropriating certain surcharges collected by the
Department of Public Safety under the driver responsibility program
and fees collected by the Texas Department of Transportation under
the motor vehicle financial responsibility verification program,
as those programs are created by House Bill No. 3588, Acts of the
78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, to the Department of
Public Safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The one percent of surcharges collected during
the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2003, by the
Department of Public Safety under Chapter 708, Transportation Code,
as added by House Bill No. 3588, Acts of the 78th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2003, that is deposited to the general revenue
fund and dedicated to the administration of the driver
responsibility program by Section 780.002(b), Health and Safety
Code, as added by that bill, is appropriated to the Department of
Public Safety for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1,
2003, for the purposes of administering the driver responsibility
program operated by the department under Chapter 708,
Transportation Code, as added by that bill. The number of full-time
equivalent positions (FTE) indicated in the Department of Public
Safety's bill pattern is increased by 22 during the biennium.
SECTION 2. All fees collected during the state fiscal
biennium beginning September 1, 2003, by the Texas Department of
Transportation under Section 502.1715, Transportation Code, as
added by House Bill No. 3588, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2003, are appropriated to the Department of Public Safety
for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2003, for the
purpose of supporting the Department of Public Safety's
reengineering of the driver's license system.
SECTION 3. If the revenue generated under Section 502.1715,
Transportation Code, as added by House Bill No. 3588, Acts of the
78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, does not fully fund the
driver's license reengineering project and the liability insurance
feasibility study as required by that bill, the Department of
Public Safety may use money appropriated for lease payments to the
Master Lease Purchase Program for any purpose necessary to
accomplish these projects.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect November 1, 2003.