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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption for a foster child from the payment of a |
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fee for the issuance of a personal identification certificate. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.1811, Transportation Code, is |
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transferred to Subchapter R, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, |
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renumbered as Section 521.4261, Transportation Code, and amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 521.4261 [521.1811]. WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CARE |
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YOUTH. A person is exempt from the payment of any fee for the |
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issuance of a driver's license or personal identification |
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certificate, as provided under this chapter, if that person is: |
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(1) younger than 18 years of age and in the managing |
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conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective |
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Services; or |
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(2) at least 18 years of age, but younger than 21 years |
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of age, and resides in a foster care placement, the cost of which is |
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paid by the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |