Bill Text: TX HB3033 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a grant program for nonprofit organizations supporting the Department of Public Safety; authorizing voluntary contributions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - Filed [HB3033 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB3033-Introduced.html
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| By: Craddick | H.B. No. 3033 | |
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| relating to a grant program for nonprofit organizations supporting | ||
| the Department of Public Safety; authorizing voluntary | ||
| contributions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 521.012 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 521.012. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION FOR GRANT PROGRAM FOR | ||
| NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. | ||
| (a) When a person applies for an original or renewal driver's | ||
| license or personal identification certificate under this chapter, | ||
| the person may contribute $3 or more to the grant program for | ||
| nonprofit organizations supporting the Department of Public Safety | ||
| established under Section 411.013, Government Code. | ||
| (b) The department shall: | ||
| (1) include space on the first page of each | ||
| application for an original or renewal driver's license or personal | ||
| identification certificate that allows a person applying for an | ||
| original or renewal driver's license or personal identification | ||
| certificate to indicate the amount that the person is voluntarily | ||
| contributing to the grant program; and | ||
| (2) provide an opportunity for the person to | ||
| contribute to the grant program during the application process for | ||
| an original or renewal driver's license or personal identification | ||
| certificate on the department's Internet website. | ||
| (c) The department shall send any contribution made under | ||
| this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the | ||
| nonprofit organizations supporting the Department of Public Safety | ||
| account established under Section 411.013, 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. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 522, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 522.0297 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 522.0297. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION FOR GRANT PROGRAM FOR | ||
| NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. | ||
| (a) When a person applies for an original or renewal commercial | ||
| driver's license under this chapter, the person may contribute $3 | ||
| or more to the grant program for nonprofit organizations supporting | ||
| the Department of Public Safety established under Section 411.013, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| (b) The department shall: | ||
| (1) include space on the first page of each | ||
| application for an original or renewal commercial driver's license | ||
| that allows a person applying for an original or renewal commercial | ||
| driver's license to indicate the amount that the person is | ||
| voluntarily contributing to the grant program; and | ||
| (2) provide an opportunity for the person to | ||
| contribute to the grant program during the application process for | ||
| an original or renewal commercial driver's license on the | ||
| department's Internet website. | ||
| (c) The department shall send any contribution made under | ||
| this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the | ||
| nonprofit organizations supporting the Department of Public Safety | ||
| account established under Section 411.013, 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. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 411.013, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The department shall establish and administer a grant | ||
| program for and shall disburse funds to nonprofit organizations | ||
| that provide support to the department, including support for | ||
| employees of the department. Grant funds may be used only for | ||
| providing support to the department. The department shall | ||
| establish: | ||
| (1) grant application procedures; | ||
| (2) guidelines relating to grant amounts; and | ||
| (3) criteria for evaluating grant applications. | ||
| (e) The nonprofit organizations supporting the Department | ||
| of Public Safety account is created as a dedicated account in the | ||
| general revenue fund of the state treasury. Money in the account | ||
| may be appropriated only to the department for purposes of the grant | ||
| program established under Subsection (d). Funds distributed under | ||
| Subsection (d) are subject to audit by the comptroller. | ||
| SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a person who applies for an original or renewal driver's license, | ||
| commercial driver's license, or personal identification | ||
| certificate on or after January 1, 2026. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
