82R6078 TRH-D
 
  By: Smith of Harris H.B. No. 1148
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exemption for certain disabled veterans from the
  payment of a fee for the issuance of a personal identification
  certificate.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 521.426(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a veteran of
  service in the armed forces of the United States is exempt from the
  payment of fees under this chapter for the issuance of a driver's
  license or personal identification certificate if the veteran:
               (1)  was honorably discharged;
               (2)  has a service-related disability of at least 60
  percent; and
               (3)  receives compensation from the United States
  because of the disability.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.