83R1489 AJZ-D

By: Zerwas H.B. No. 519

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to making a voluntary contribution to the donor registry when registering a motor vehicle or applying for a driver's license or personal identification certificate.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 502.405(b), Transportation Code, as redesignated from Section 502.1745(b), Transportation Code, by Chapter 1296 (H.B. 2357), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is reenacted to incorporate amendments to Section 502.1745(b), Transportation Code, made by Chapters 554 (H.B. 2904) and 1296 (H.B. 2357), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, and amended to read as follows:

(b) A person may elect to pay an additional fee of $1 for the registration or renewal of registration of a motor vehicle to pay the costs of the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry established under Chapter 692A, Health and Safety Code. The county assessor-collector shall hold any additional fee paid under this subsection in trust for the nonprofit organization administering the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry under Chapter 692A, Health and Safety Code. Not later than the 14th day of each month, the county assessor-collector shall send the money collected under this subsection to the organization. Before sending the money to the organization, the county assessor-collector may deduct money equal to the amount of reasonable expenses for administering this subsection. Money received under this subsection by the organization may be used only to manage the organization's registry. The organization shall submit an annual report to the legislature and the comptroller that includes the total dollar amount of money received by the organization under this subsection. [Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, all fees collected under this subsection shall be remitted to the comptroller, who shall maintain the identity of the source of the fees.]

SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 521.008 to read as follows:

Sec. 521.008. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO DONOR REGISTRY. (a) When a person applies for an original or renewal driver's license under this chapter, the person may contribute $1 or more to the nonprofit organization administering the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry under Chapter 692A, Health and Safety Code.

(b) The department shall:

(1) include space on each application for a new or renewal driver's license that allows a person applying for a new or renewal driver's license to indicate the amount that the person is voluntarily contributing to the organization; and

(2) provide an opportunity for the person to contribute to the organization during the application process for a new or renewal driver's license on the department's Internet website.

(c) The department shall hold any contribution made under this section in trust for the organization. Not later than the 14th day of each month, the department shall send the money collected under this section to the organization. Before sending the money to the organization, the department may deduct money equal to the amount of reasonable expenses for administering this section.

(d) Money received under this section by the organization may be used only to manage the organization's registry.

(e) The organization shall submit an annual report to the legislature and the comptroller that includes the total dollar amount of contributions received by the organization under this section.

SECTION 3. Section 521.422(c), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) A person may elect to pay [The department shall collect] an additional fee of $1 for the issuance or renewal of a personal identification card, including a duplicate personal identification card or a personal identification card issued or renewed over the Internet or by other electronic means, to pay the costs of the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry established under Chapter 692A, Health and Safety Code[, if the person applying for or renewing a personal identification card opts to pay the additional fee. The department shall remit fees collected under this subsection to the comptroller, who shall maintain the identity of the source of the fees. Subject to appropriation, the department may retain three percent of the money collected under this subsection to cover the costs in administering this subsection]. The department shall hold any additional fee paid under this subsection in trust for the nonprofit organization administering the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry under Chapter 692A, Health and Safety Code. Not later than the 14th day of each month, the department shall send the money collected under this subsection to the organization. Before sending the money to the organization, the department may deduct money equal to the amount of reasonable expenses for administering this subsection. Money received by the organization may be used only to manage the organization's registry. The organization shall submit an annual report to the legislature and the comptroller that includes the total dollar amount of money received by the organization under this subsection.

SECTION 4. Section 521.008, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a driver's license issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2014.

SECTION 5. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over another Act of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes.

SECTION 6. 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 September 1, 2013.