86R12361 BEE-D
 
  By: Ramos H.B. No. 3010
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a fee exemption for trafficking victims for certain
  personal identification documents.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 191, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 191.0049 to read as follows:
         Sec. 191.0049.  BIRTH RECORD ISSUED TO TRAFFICKING VICTIM.
  (a) In this section, "trafficking victim" has the meaning assigned
  by Section 521.4265, Transportation Code.
         (b)  On request of a person who is a trafficking victim, the
  state registrar, a local registrar, or a county clerk shall issue
  without fee a certified copy of the person's birth record.
         (c)  The state registrar, a local registrar, or a county
  clerk may require a person to provide only the documentation
  prescribed by a rule adopted by the Department of Public Safety
  under Section 521.4265(c), Transportation Code, to confirm a
  person's status as a trafficking victim.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter R, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 521.4265 to read as follows:
         Sec. 521.4265.  EXEMPTION FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. (a) In
  this section, "trafficking victim" means a victim of trafficking of
  persons under Chapter 20A, Penal Code.
         (b)  A person who is a trafficking victim is exempt from the
  payment of fees under this chapter for the issuance of a driver's
  license or personal identification certificate.
         (c)  The department shall adopt rules to implement this
  section, including rules prescribing any documentation necessary
  to confirm a person's status as a trafficking victim.
         (d)  For each exemption granted under this section, the
  department shall deposit to the credit of the Texas mobility fund an
  amount from the identification fee exemption account under
  Subsection (e) that is equal to the amount of the waived fee that
  would otherwise be deposited to the mobility fund.
         (e)  The identification fee exemption account is created as
  an account in the general revenue fund of the state treasury. The
  fund consists of grants and donations made to the department for the
  purposes of this section. The department shall administer the
  account. Money in the account may be appropriated for the purposes
  of Subsection (d).
         (f)  The department may not grant an exemption under this
  section if money is not available in the identification fee
  exemption account to meet the requirements of Subsection (d).
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply to an
  application for a birth certificate, driver's license, or personal
  identification certificate submitted on or after the effective date
  of this Act. An application for a birth certificate, driver's
  license, or personal identification certificate submitted before
  the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
  the date the application was submitted, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.