H.B. No. 156
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the supervision by a personal bond office of
  individuals granted an occupational driver's license; providing
  for an administrative fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 521.2462, Transportation Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1),
  (a-2), and (a-3) to read as follows:
         (a)  The court granting an occupational license under this
  subchapter may order the person receiving the license to[:
               [(1)]  submit to supervision for the purpose of
  verifying the person's [by the local community supervision and
  corrections department to verify] compliance with the conditions
  specified by the order granting the license, including the
  conditions specified in accordance with Section 521.248. 
         (a-1)  The court may order the supervision of the person to
  be conducted by:
               (1)  the local community supervision and corrections
  department; or
               (2)  a personal bond office established under Article
  17.42, Code of Criminal Procedure.
         (a-2)  If the court orders the person's supervision to be
  conducted by the local community supervision and corrections
  department, the court shall order the person to[; and
               [(2)]  pay a monthly administrative fee under Section
  76.015, Government Code.
         (a-3)  If the court orders the person's supervision to be
  conducted by a personal bond office, the office may collect from the
  person a reasonable administrative fee of not less than $25 and not
  more than $60 per month.
         SECTION 2.  Section 521.251(d-1), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d-1)  Notwithstanding Subsections (b), (c), and (d), the
  court may issue an occupational license to a person if the person
  submits proof the person has an ignition interlock device installed
  on each motor vehicle owned or operated by the person.  If a person
  issued an occupational license under this subsection fails to
  maintain an installed ignition interlock device on each motor
  vehicle owned or operated by the person, the court shall revoke the
  occupational license under Section 521.252 and reinstate the
  suspension of the person's driver's license.  A person granted an
  occupational license under this subsection may not be ordered,
  under Section 521.2462, to submit to the supervision of the local
  community supervision and corrections department or a personal bond
  office established under Article 17.42, Code of Criminal Procedure
  [under Section 521.2462], unless the order is entered by a court of
  record.
         SECTION 3.  Section 76.015, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  This section does not apply to an individual ordered
  to pay an administrative fee to a personal bond office under Section
  521.2462(a-3), Transportation Code.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
  521.2462, Transportation Code, applies to an order issued under
  that section on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless
  of whether the underlying offense giving rise to the order was
  committed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 156 was passed by the House on April
  24, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 132, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 156 was passed by the Senate on May
  15, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor