H.B. No. 3798
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to making certain voluntary contributions when applying
  for a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal
  identification certificate.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 521.008, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 521.008.  VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS [CONTRIBUTION TO
  DONOR REGISTRY]. (a) When a person applies for an original, [or]
  renewal, corrected, or duplicate driver's license or personal
  identification certificate under this chapter, the person may
  contribute $1 or more to the following:
               (1)  the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry fund
  created under Section 692A.020, Health and Safety Code, to be used
  for the purposes of the nonprofit organization administering the
  Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry under Chapter 692A, Health
  and Safety Code;
               (2)  the fund for veterans' assistance established
  under Section 434.017, Government Code;
               (3)  the evidence testing account established under
  Section 772.00716, Government Code, to be used for the purposes of
  the evidence testing grant program established under Section
  772.00715, Government Code;
               (4)  the Blindness Education, Screening, and Treatment
  Program established under Section 91.027, Human Resources Code; or
               (5)  the identification fee exemption account
  established under Section 521.4265.
         (b)  The department shall:
               (1)  include space on each application for an original,
  [a new or] renewal, corrected, or duplicate driver's license or
  personal identification certificate that allows a person applying
  for an original, [a new or] renewal, corrected, or duplicate
  driver's license or personal identification certificate to
  indicate that the person is voluntarily contributing $1 to the
  designated fund, account, or program, as applicable
  [organization]; and
               (2)  provide an opportunity for the person to
  contribute $1 to the designated fund, account, or program, as
  applicable, [organization] during the application process for an
  original, [a new or] renewal, corrected, or duplicate driver's
  license or personal identification certificate on the department's
  Internet website.
         (c)  The department shall remit any contribution made under
  this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the
  designated fund, account, or program, as applicable [Glenda Dawson
  Donate Life-Texas Registry fund created under Section 692A.020,
  Health and Safety Code]. Before sending the money to the
  comptroller, the department may deduct money equal to the amount of
  reasonable expenses for administering this section, not to exceed
  five percent of the money collected under this section.
         (d)  The organization described by Subsection (a)(1) shall
  submit an annual report to the director of the department that
  includes the total dollar amount of contributions received by the
  organization under this section.
         SECTION 2.  Section 521.4265(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  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, including donations received under
  Sections 521.008 [521.421(k)] and 522.0295 [521.422(d)]. The
  department shall administer the account. Money in the account may
  be appropriated for the purposes of Subsection (b).
         SECTION 3.  Section 521.427(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to[:
               [(1)]  the portion of a fee collected under Section
  521.421(b) or Section 521.421(f)[, as added by Chapter 1156, Acts
  of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997,] that is required
  by Section 662.011 to be deposited to the credit of the motorcycle
  education fund account[;
               [(2)  a fee collected under Section 521.421(j); or
               [(3)  a fee collected under Section 521.422(b) or (c)].
         SECTION 4.  Section 522.0295, Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 522.0295.  VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS [CONTRIBUTION FOR
  EVIDENCE TESTING GRANT PROGRAM]. (a) When a person applies for an
  original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate commercial driver's
  license under this chapter, the person may contribute $1 or more to
  the following:
               (1)  the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry fund
  created under Section 692A.020, Health and Safety Code, to be used
  for the purposes of the nonprofit organization administering the
  Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry under Chapter 692A, Health
  and Safety Code;
               (2)  the fund for veterans' assistance established
  under Section 434.017, Government Code;
               (3)  the evidence testing account established under
  Section 772.00716, Government Code, to be used for the purposes of
  the evidence testing grant program established under Section
  772.00715, Government Code;
               (4)  the Blindness Education, Screening, and Treatment
  Program established under Section 91.027, Human Resources Code; or
               (5)  the identification fee exemption account
  established under Section 521.4265.
         (b)  The department shall:
               (1)  include space on the first page of each
  application for an original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate
  commercial driver's license that allows a person applying for an
  original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate commercial driver's
  license to indicate the amount that the person is voluntarily
  contributing to the designated fund, account, or program, as
  applicable [grant program]; and
               (2)  provide an opportunity for the person to
  contribute to the designated fund, account, or program, as
  applicable, [grant program] during the application process for an
  original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate commercial driver's
  license on the department's Internet website.
         (c)  The department shall remit [send] any contribution made
  under this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of
  the designated fund, account, or program, as applicable [evidence
  testing account established under Section 772.00716, Government
  Code], not later than the 14th day of each month. Before sending
  the money to the comptroller, the department may deduct money equal
  to the amount of reasonable expenses for administering this
  section, not to exceed five percent of the money collected under
  this section.
         (d)  The organization described by Subsection (a)(1) shall
  submit an annual report to the director of the department that
  includes the total dollar amount of contributions received by the
  organization under this section.
         SECTION 5.  Section 434.017(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The fund for veterans' assistance is a special fund in
  the state treasury outside the general revenue fund. The fund is
  composed of:
               (1)  money transferred to the fund at the direction of
  the legislature;
               (2)  gifts and grants contributed to the fund;
               (3)  the earnings of the fund;
               (4)  money transferred to the fund from proceeds of the
  lottery game operated under Section 466.027 or transferred to the
  fund under Section 466.408(b);
               (5)  money deposited to the credit of the fund under
  Section 502.1746, Transportation Code;
               (6)  money deposited to the credit of the fund under
  Sections 521.008 and 522.0295 [Section 521.010], Transportation
  Code;
               (7)  money deposited to the credit of the fund under
  Section 12.007, Parks and Wildlife Code; and
               (8)  money deposited to the credit of the fund under
  Section 411.1741.
         SECTION 6.  Section 692A.020(i), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (i)  The Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry fund is
  created as a trust fund outside the state treasury to be held by the
  comptroller and administered by the Department of Public Safety as
  trustee on behalf of the statewide donor registry maintained for
  the benefit of the citizens of this state. The fund is composed of
  money deposited to the credit of the fund under Sections
  502.405(b), 521.008, and 522.0295 [521.422(c)], Transportation
  Code, as provided by those sections [subsections]. Money in the
  fund shall be disbursed at least monthly, without appropriation, to
  the nonprofit organization administering the registry to pay the
  costs of:
               (1)  maintaining, operating, and updating the
  Internet-based registry and establishing procedures for an
  individual to be added to the registry;
               (2)  designing and distributing educational materials
  for prospective donors as required under this section; and
               (3)  providing education under this chapter.
         SECTION 7.  Section 91.027(a), Human Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  To the extent that funds are available under Sections
  521.008 and 522.0295 [521.421(j) and 521.422(b)], Transportation
  Code, the department shall operate a Blindness Education,
  Screening, and Treatment Program to provide:
               (1)  blindness prevention education and screening and
  treatment to prevent blindness for residents who are not covered
  under an adequate health benefit plan; and
               (2)  transition services to individuals with visual
  disabilities eligible for vocational rehabilitation services
  [under Section 117.102].
         SECTION 8.  The following provisions of the Transportation
  Code are repealed:
               (1)  Section 521.010;
               (2)  Section 521.012;
               (3)  Sections 521.421(j) and (k);
               (4)  Sections 521.422(b), (c), and (d); and
               (5)  Section 522.152.
         SECTION 9.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
  over another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,
  relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
  codes.
         SECTION 10.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3798 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 5, 3 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3798 was passed by the Senate on May
  21, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor