Tex. Transp. Code § 521.1811 · Subchapter I. ISSUANCE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE
WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CHILD OR YOUTH, HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH, OR VICTIM OR CHILD OF VICTIM OF DATING OR FAMILY VIOLENCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person is exempt from the payment of any fee for the issuance of a driver's license, as provided under this chapter, if that person is:
(1) younger than 18 years of age and in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services;
(2) at least 18 years of age, but younger than 21 years of age, and resides in a foster care placement, the cost of which is paid by the Department of Family and Protective Services;
(3) a homeless child or youth as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a;
(4) a victim of dating violence as defined by Section 71.0021, Family Code;
(5) a victim of family violence as defined by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code; or
(6) a child of a victim described by Subdivision (4) or (5).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 598 (S.B. 218), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1024 (H.B. 123), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 374 (S.B. 798), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.
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