| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
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. |