Bill Text: TX HB1078 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to waiving certain driver's license and handgun license fees for certain applicants who hold a certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1078 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1078-Introduced.html

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86R891 JRR-D
By: Oliverson H.B. No. 1078

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to waiving certain driver's license and handgun license
fees for applicants who hold a certification in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.1954 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.1954. WAIVER OF CERTAIN FEES FOR APPLICANTS WHO
HOLD CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CERTIFICATION. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this subchapter, the department shall waive
any fee required for the issuance of an original or renewed license
under this subchapter if at the time of the application the
applicant for the license submits to the department satisfactory
evidence that the applicant holds a current certification in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation issued by the American Heart
Association, the American Red Cross, or another nationally
recognized association.
SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 521.1812 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.1812. WAIVER OF CERTAIN FEES FOR APPLICANTS WHO
HOLD CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CERTIFICATION. A person is
exempt from the payment of any fee for the issuance of an original
or renewal driver's license, as provided under this chapter, if at
the time of the application for an original or renewal driver's
license the person submits to the department satisfactory evidence
that the person holds a current certification in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation issued by the American Heart Association, the
American Red Cross, or another nationally recognized association.
SECTION 3. (a) Section 411.1954, Government Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an application for an original or
renewed license to carry a handgun submitted on or after the
effective date of this Act. An application submitted before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
application was submitted, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
(b) Section 521.1812, Transportation Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to an application for an original or renewal
driver's license submitted on or after the effective date of this
Act. An application submitted before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.