86R2364 BEE-D
 
  By: Bernal H.B. No. 180
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a waiver of fees for foster care and homeless youth for
  driver's licenses and personal identification certificates.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 521.1015 to read as follows:
         Sec. 521.1015.  WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CARE AND HOMELESS
  YOUTH. A person is exempt from the payment of any fee for the
  issuance of a personal identification certificate, as provided
  under this chapter, if that person is:
               (1)  younger than 18 years of age and in the managing
  conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective
  Services;
               (2)  at least 18 years of age, but younger than 21 years
  of age, and resides in a foster care placement, the cost of which is
  paid by the Department of Family and Protective Services; or
               (3)  a homeless child or youth, as defined by 42 U.S.C.
  Section 11434a.
         SECTION 2.  Section 521.1811, Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 521.1811.  WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CARE AND HOMELESS
  YOUTH. A person is exempt from the payment of any fee for the
  issuance of a driver's license, as provided under this chapter, if
  that person is:
               (1)  younger than 18 years of age and in the managing
  conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective
  Services; [or]
               (2)  at least 18 years of age, but younger than 21 years
  of age, and resides in a foster care placement, the cost of which is
  paid by the Department of Family and Protective Services; or
               (3)  a homeless child or youth, as defined by 42 U.S.C.
  Section 11434a.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.