Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 521.168 - Payment of Fees for Certain Foster and Homeless Children and Youths(a) Unless prohibited under Section 521.4265(c), the Texas Workforce Commission shall on request pay the fees associated with meeting a requirement imposed under this subchapter or Chapter 1001, Education Code, for a person who is: (1) eligible for a driver's license fee exemption under Section 521.1811; or(2) younger than 26 years of age and: (A) was in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services on the day before the person's 18th birthday; or(B) is a homeless child or youth as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a.(b) The Texas Workforce Commission by rule shall establish a process by which: (1) a person described by Subsection (a) may apply to that commission for the payment of fees under this section; and(2) that commission pays fees associated with meeting a requirement imposed under this subchapter or Chapter 1001, Education Code, to appropriate entities on behalf of the person described by Subsection (a).Tex. Transp. Code § 521.168
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1051 (S.B. 2054), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.