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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the driver responsibility program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 542.4031(h), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(h) Notwithstanding Subsection (g)(1), in any state fiscal |
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year the comptroller shall deposit 67 percent of the money received |
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under Subsection (e)(2) to the credit of the general revenue fund |
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only until the total amount of the money deposited to the credit of |
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the general revenue fund under Subsection (g)(1) [and Section
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780.002(b), Health and Safety Code,] equals $250 million for that |
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year. If in any state fiscal year the amount received by the |
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comptroller under those laws for deposit to the credit of the |
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general revenue fund exceeds $250 million, the comptroller shall |
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deposit the additional amount to the credit of the Texas mobility |
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fund. |
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SECTION 2. Section 708.054, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 708.054. AMOUNT OF POINTS SURCHARGE. The amount of a |
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surcharge under this chapter is $50 [$100] for the first six points |
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and $12.50 [$25] for each additional point. |
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SECTION 3. Section 708.102(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The amount of a surcharge under this section is $500 |
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[$1,000] per year, except that the amount of the surcharge is: |
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(1) $750 [$1,500] per year for a second or subsequent |
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conviction within a 36-month period; and |
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(2) $1,000 [$2,000] for a first or subsequent |
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conviction if it is shown on the trial of the offense that an |
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analysis of a specimen of the person's blood, breath, or urine |
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showed an alcohol concentration level of 0.16 or more at the time |
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the analysis was performed. |
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SECTION 4. Section 708.103(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The [Except as provided by Subsection (c), the] amount |
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of a surcharge under this section is $125 [$250] per year. |
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SECTION 5. Section 708.104(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The [Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the] amount |
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of a surcharge under this section is $50 [$100] per year. |
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SECTION 6. Section 780.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The comptroller shall deposit 99 [49.5] percent of the |
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money received under Subsection (a) to the credit of the account |
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established under this chapter [and 49.5 percent of the money to the
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general revenue fund]. The remaining one percent of the amount of |
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the surcharges shall be deposited to the general revenue fund and |
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may be appropriated only to the Department of Public Safety for |
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administration of the driver responsibility program operated by |
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that department under Chapter 708, Transportation Code. |
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SECTION 7. The following laws are repealed: |
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(1) Section 780.002(c), Health and Safety Code; and |
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(2) Sections 708.103(c) and 708.104(b-1), |
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Transportation Code. |
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SECTION 8. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a surcharge assessed on or after the effective date of this Act, |
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including a surcharge assessed for a conviction for an offense that |
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occurred before the effective date of this Act. The state is not |
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required to refund a surcharge collected before the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |