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By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Nichols) |
H.B. No. 1699 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017; |
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May 2, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Transportation; May 10, 2017, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the participation by qualified persons in the |
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Department of Public Safety's driver record monitoring pilot |
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program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 521.062, Transportation Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsections (b) and (j) and adding Subsections |
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(b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: |
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(b) Under the pilot program, the department shall: |
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(1) [may] enter into a contract with any [a] person |
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qualified to provide driver record monitoring services, as |
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described by Subsection (c); [,] and |
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(2) provide certain information from the department's |
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driver's license records to the person as provided by this section. |
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(b-1) A person is qualified to provide driver record |
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monitoring services [,] if the person: |
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(1) has submitted an application to the department; |
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(2) [(1)] is an employer, an insurer, an insurance |
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support organization, an employer support organization, or an |
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entity that self-insures its motor vehicles; and |
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(3) [(2)] is eligible to receive the information under |
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Chapter 730. |
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(b-2) The department may not limit the number of qualified |
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persons participating in the pilot program. |
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(j) The department shall accept and consider applications |
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[may establish a reasonable deadline by which a person must apply] |
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to enter into a contract with the department under this section |
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until the conclusion of the term of the pilot program [and may not
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enter into a contract with a person who fails to apply before that
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deadline]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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