Bill Text: TX HB3798 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to making certain voluntary contributions when applying for a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3798 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3798-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3798 |
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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 [ |
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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, | ||
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personal identification certificate that allows a person applying | ||
for an original, [ |
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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 | ||
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(2) provide an opportunity for the person to | ||
contribute $1 to the designated fund, account, or program, as | ||
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original, [ |
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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 [ |
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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 [ |
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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[ |
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521.421(b) or Section 521.421(f)[ |
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by Section 662.011 to be deposited to the credit of the motorcycle | ||
education fund account[ |
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SECTION 4. Section 522.0295, Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 522.0295. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS [ |
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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 | ||
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(2) provide an opportunity for the person to | ||
contribute to the designated fund, account, or program, as | ||
applicable, [ |
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original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate commercial driver's | ||
license on the department's Internet website. | ||
(c) The department shall remit [ |
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under this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of | ||
the designated fund, account, or program, as applicable [ |
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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 [ |
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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 [ |
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Code, as provided by those sections [ |
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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 [ |
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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 | ||
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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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3798 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 5, 3 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3798 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
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Governor |