H.B. No. 3798

	AN ACT
	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 [CONTRIBUTION TO
	DONOR REGISTRY]. (a) When a person applies for an original, [or]
	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,
	[a new or] renewal, corrected, or duplicate driver's license or
	personal identification certificate that allows a person applying
	for an original, [a new or] renewal, corrected, or duplicate
	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
	[organization]; and
	(2)  provide an opportunity for the person to
	contribute $1 to the designated fund, account, or program, as
	applicable, [organization] during the application process for an
	original, [a new or] renewal, corrected, or duplicate driver's
	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 [Glenda Dawson
	Donate Life-Texas Registry fund created under Section 692A.020,
	Health and Safety Code]. Before sending 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 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 [521.421(k)] and 522.0295 [521.422(d)]. The
	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[:
	[(1)]  the portion of a fee collected under Section
	521.421(b) or Section 521.421(f)[, as added by Chapter 1156, Acts
	of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997,] that is required
	by Section 662.011 to be deposited to the credit of the motorcycle
	education fund account[;
	[(2)  a fee collected under Section 521.421(j); or
	[(3)  a fee collected under Section 521.422(b) or (c)].
	SECTION 4.  Section 522.0295, Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 522.0295.  VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS [CONTRIBUTION FOR
	EVIDENCE TESTING GRANT PROGRAM]. (a) When a person applies for an
	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
	applicable [grant program]; and
	(2)  provide an opportunity for the person to
	contribute to the designated fund, account, or program, as
	applicable, [grant program] during the application process for an
	original, renewal, corrected, or duplicate commercial driver's
	license on the department's Internet website.
	(c)  The department shall remit [send] any contribution made
	under this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of
	the designated fund, account, or program, as applicable [evidence
	testing account established under Section 772.00716, 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, 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 [Section 521.010], Transportation
	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 [521.422(c)], Transportation
	Code, as provided by those sections [subsections]. Money in the
	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 [521.421(j) and 521.422(b)], Transportation
	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
	[under Section 117.102].
	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.
	______________________________
	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.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor