H.B. No. 1148
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exemption for certain disabled veterans from the
  payment of a fee for the issuance of a personal identification
  certificate.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 521.426(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a veteran of
  service in the armed forces of the United States is exempt from the
  payment of fees under this chapter for the issuance of a driver's
  license or personal identification certificate if the veteran:
               (1)  was honorably discharged;
               (2)  has a service-related disability of at least 60
  percent; and
               (3)  receives compensation from the United States
  because of the disability.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1148 was passed by the House on April
  18, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1148 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor