H.B. No. 156

	AN ACT
	relating to the supervision by a personal bond office of
	individuals granted an occupational driver's license; providing
	for an administrative fee.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 521.2462, Transportation Code, is
	amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1),
	(a-2), and (a-3) to read as follows:
	(a)  The court granting an occupational license under this
	subchapter may order the person receiving the license to[:
	[(1)]  submit to supervision for the purpose of
	verifying the person's [by the local community supervision and
	corrections department to verify] compliance with the conditions
	specified by the order granting the license, including the
	conditions specified in accordance with Section 521.248.
	(a-1)  The court may order the supervision of the person to
	be conducted by:
	(1)  the local community supervision and corrections
	department; or
	(2)  a personal bond office established under Article
	17.42, Code of Criminal Procedure.
	(a-2)  If the court orders the person's supervision to be
	conducted by the local community supervision and corrections
	department, the court shall order the person to[; and
	[(2)]  pay a monthly administrative fee under Section
	76.015, Government Code.
	(a-3)  If the court orders the person's supervision to be
	conducted by a personal bond office, the office may collect from the
	person a reasonable administrative fee of not less than $25 and not
	more than $60 per month.
	SECTION 2.  Section 521.251(d-1), Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(d-1)  Notwithstanding Subsections (b), (c), and (d), the
	court may issue an occupational license to a person if the person
	submits proof the person has an ignition interlock device installed
	on each motor vehicle owned or operated by the person.  If a person
	issued an occupational license under this subsection fails to
	maintain an installed ignition interlock device on each motor
	vehicle owned or operated by the person, the court shall revoke the
	occupational license under Section 521.252 and reinstate the
	suspension of the person's driver's license.  A person granted an
	occupational license under this subsection may not be ordered,
	under Section 521.2462, to submit to the supervision of the local
	community supervision and corrections department or a personal bond
	office established under Article 17.42, Code of Criminal Procedure
	[under Section 521.2462], unless the order is entered by a court of
	record.
	SECTION 3.  Section 76.015, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  This section does not apply to an individual ordered
	to pay an administrative fee to a personal bond office under Section
	521.2462(a-3), Transportation Code.
	SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
	521.2462, Transportation Code, applies to an order issued under
	that section on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless
	of whether the underlying offense giving rise to the order was
	committed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 156 was passed by the House on April
	24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 132, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 156 was passed by the Senate on May
	15, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor