Bill Text: TX SB1583 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to state fiscal matters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-09 - Referred to Appropriations [SB1583 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1583-Engrossed.html
By: Ogden | S.B. No. 1583 |
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relating to state fiscal matters. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
ARTICLE 1. FISCAL MATTERS REGARDING ALCOHOLIC | ||
BEVERAGE REGULATION | ||
SECTION 1.01. Section 5.56, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
ARTICLE 2. FISCAL MATTERS REGARDING THE DRIVER'S LICENSE SYSTEM | ||
SECTION 2.01. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 521.007 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 521.007. TEMPORARY VISITOR STATIONS. (a) The | ||
department shall designate as temporary visitor stations certain | ||
driver's license offices. | ||
(b) A driver's license office designated as a temporary | ||
visitor station under this section must have at least two staff | ||
members who have completed specialized training on the temporary | ||
visitor issuance guide published by the department. | ||
(c) A driver's license office designated as a temporary | ||
visitor station shall provide information and assistance to other | ||
driver's license offices in the state. | ||
SECTION 2.02. Section 521.421, Transportation Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: | ||
(a-3) Except as provided by Subsections (a-1) and (a-2), the | ||
fee for a driver's license or personal identification certificate | ||
that is issued to a person who is not a citizen, national, or legal | ||
permanent resident of the United States or a refugee or asylee | ||
lawfully admitted into the United States and that is valid for not | ||
more than one year is $24. | ||
SECTION 2.03. Chapter 521, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subchapter T to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER T. DRIVER'S LICENSE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT; ACCOUNT AND | ||
FEES | ||
Sec. 521.481. DRIVER'S LICENSE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT. | ||
(a) The driver's license system improvement account is an account | ||
in the general revenue fund that may be appropriated only for the | ||
purposes of improving and maintaining the driver's license system. | ||
(b) The account consists of money deposited to the account | ||
under this subchapter. | ||
Sec. 521.482. DRIVER'S LICENSE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT FEES. | ||
(a) The department shall collect a fee of: | ||
(1) $8 for the issuance or renewal of a driver's | ||
license or personal identification certificate described by | ||
Section 521.421(a) or (a-3); | ||
(2) $20 for the issuance of a commercial driver's | ||
license or a commercial driver learner's permit issued to a | ||
resident of this state who is not a citizen, national, or legal | ||
permanent resident of the United States or a refugee or asylee | ||
lawfully admitted into the United States; and | ||
(3) $40 for the issuance of a nonresident commercial | ||
driver's license that is issued to a person who is not a resident of | ||
this state and not a citizen, national, or legal permanent resident | ||
of the United States or a refugee or asylee lawfully admitted into | ||
the United States. | ||
(b) A fee collected under this section may be used only for | ||
the improvement of the driver's license system and shall be | ||
deposited to the credit of the driver's license system improvement | ||
account. | ||
Sec. 521.483. RECORD REQUEST STANDARDIZATION FEE. (a) The | ||
department shall charge a standardization fee for records requested | ||
under Subchapter C. | ||
(b) Subject to Section 521.046(b), the amount of the | ||
standardization fee for a record request under Subchapter C is: | ||
(1) $2.50 if the fee otherwise imposed is $2.50; | ||
(2) $6 if the fee otherwise imposed is $4; | ||
(3) $5.50 if the fee otherwise imposed is $4.50; | ||
(4) $5 if the fee otherwise imposed is $5; | ||
(5) $4.50 if the fee otherwise imposed is $5.50; | ||
(6) $4 if the fee otherwise imposed is $6; and | ||
(7) $3 if the fee otherwise imposed is $7. | ||
(c) A standardization fee collected under this section | ||
shall be deposited to the credit of the driver's license system | ||
improvement account. | ||
Sec. 521.484. DRIVER'S LICENSE REINSTATEMENT OR REISSUANCE | ||
STANDARDIZATION FEE. (a) The department shall collect a | ||
standardization fee of $25 for the reinstatement or reissuance of a | ||
license under Section 521.313, 521.3466(d), or 601.376 of this | ||
code, or Section 13, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
(b) A standardization fee collected under this section | ||
shall be deposited to the credit of the driver's license system | ||
improvement account. | ||
ARTICLE 3. FISCAL MATTERS RELATING TO THE AUTOMOBILE BURGLARY AND | ||
THEFT PREVENTION AUTHORITY | ||
SECTION 3.01. Section 10, Article 4413(37), Revised | ||
Statutes, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding | ||
Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(b) An insurer shall pay to the authority a fee equal to $2 | ||
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insurance for insurance policies delivered, issued for delivery, or | ||
renewed by the insurer. The fee shall be paid not later than: | ||
(1) March 1 of each year for a policy issued, | ||
delivered, or renewed from July 1 through December 31 of the | ||
previous calendar year; and | ||
(2) August 1 of each year for a policy issued, | ||
delivered, or renewed from January 1 through June 30 of that year. | ||
(e) Fifty percent of each fee collected under Subsection (b) | ||
of this section shall be appropriated only to the authority for the | ||
purposes of this article. | ||
(f) Subsection (e) of this section expires on September 1, | ||
2013, at which time the fees in Subsection (b) of this section shall | ||
revert to the amount assessed immediately before September 1, 2011. | ||
ARTICLE 4. TRANSITION PROVISIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATE | ||
SECTION 4.01. Not later than January 1, 2013, the | ||
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas shall submit to | ||
the legislature a report evaluating the effectiveness of the | ||
temporary visitor stations established under Section 521.007, | ||
Transportation Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4.02. The changes in law made by this Act to Chapter | ||
521, Transportation Code, apply only to a driver's license, | ||
personal identification certificate, commercial driver's license, | ||
or commercial driver learner's permit issued, reissued, | ||
reinstated, or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
A driver's license, personal identification certificate, | ||
commercial driver's license, or commercial driver learner's permit | ||
issued, reissued, reinstated, or renewed before the effective date | ||
of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the license, | ||
certificate, or permit was issued, reissued, reinstated, or | ||
renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4.03. The fee imposed by Section 521.483, | ||
Transportation Code, as added by this Act, applies to a record | ||
request submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
record request submitted before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the request was submitted, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4.04. Section 10, Article 4413(37), Revised | ||
Statutes, as amended by this Act, applies only to an insurance | ||
policy issued, delivered, or renewed on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. An insurance policy issued, delivered, or renewed | ||
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
effect on the date the insurance policy was issued, delivered, or | ||
renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4.05. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |