TITLE: Relating to the indigent status of a person for purposes of the driver responsibility program.

SUMMARY: Relating to the indigent status of a person for purposes of the driver responsibility program.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the indigent status of a person for purposes of the driver responsibility program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 708.158, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) A person may provide information to the court, as described by Subsection (b), to establish that the person is indigent at any time during a period the person is enrolled in an installment plan under Section 708.153. SECTION 2. Section 708.158(c), Transportation Code, as added by this Act, applies to any surcharge pending on the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the surcharge was imposed before that date. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.