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89(R) HB 3033 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
H.B. No. 3033
AN ACT
relating to a grant program for nonprofit organizations supporting
employees of 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 EMPLOYEES OF THE 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 employees of
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 employees of 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 EMPLOYEES OF THE 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 employees of 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 employees of 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), (e), (f), and (g) 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 employees of the department, including
support for family members of employees of the department who have
been killed or injured in the line of duty.
(e) Grant funds may be used only for:
(1) providing assistance and support to:
(A) employees of the department; or
(B)
family members of employees of the department
who have been killed or injured in the line of duty; or
(2)
memorial signs for employees of the department who
have been killed in the line of duty.
(f) The department shall establish:
(1) grant application procedures;
(2) guidelines relating to grant amounts; and
(3) criteria for evaluating grant applications.
(g)
The nonprofit organizations supporting employees of 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
disbursed 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.
______________________________
______________________________
President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3033 was passed by the House on May 7,
2025, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3033 was passed by the Senate on May
20, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor