Bill Text: TX HB1078 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1078 | ||
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| relating to waiving certain driver's license and handgun license | ||
| fees for certain 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 CERTAIN | ||
| APPLICANTS WHO HOLD CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CERTIFICATION. | ||
| (a) 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: | ||
| (1) holds a current certification in cardiopulmonary | ||
| resuscitation issued by the American Heart Association, the | ||
| American Red Cross, or another nationally recognized association; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) is not required to hold the certification | ||
| described by Subdivision (1) as a condition of obtaining or | ||
| maintaining employment or an occupational license. | ||
| (b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), "occupational | ||
| license" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or | ||
| other form of authorization that a person must obtain to practice or | ||
| engage in a particular business, occupation, or profession. | ||
| 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 CERTAIN | ||
| APPLICANTS WHO HOLD CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION CERTIFICATION. | ||
| (a) 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: | ||
| (1) holds a current certification in cardiopulmonary | ||
| resuscitation issued by the American Heart Association, the | ||
| American Red Cross, or another nationally recognized association; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) is not required to hold the certification | ||
| described by Subdivision (1) as a condition of obtaining or | ||
| maintaining employment or an occupational license. | ||
| (b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), "occupational | ||
| license" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or | ||
| other form of authorization that a person must obtain to practice or | ||
| engage in a particular business, occupation, or profession. | ||
| (c) The department shall establish a record of the amount of | ||
| the fees waived under this section that would otherwise be | ||
| deposited to the credit of the Texas mobility fund. | ||
| (d) On or before the fifth workday of each month, the | ||
| department, using available funds, shall remit to the comptroller | ||
| for deposit to the credit of the Texas mobility fund general revenue | ||
| in an amount equal to the amount of the fees described by Subsection | ||
| (c) in the preceding month. | ||
| 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. The Department of Public Safety of the State of | ||
| Texas is required to implement a provision of this Act only if the | ||
| legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If | ||
| the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | ||
| purpose, the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas may, | ||
| but is not required to, implement a provision of this Act using | ||
| other appropriations available for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1078 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 18, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 2, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 1078 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 6, | ||
| 3 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1078 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays | ||
| 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
