86R2241 MCK-D
 
  By: Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 323
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exemption for a foster child 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 521.1811, Transportation Code, is
  transferred to Subchapter R, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
  renumbered as Section 521.4261, Transportation Code, and amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 521.4261 [521.1811].  WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CARE
  YOUTH. A person is exempt from the payment of any fee for the
  issuance of a driver's license or 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; 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.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.