Tex. Transportation Code § 521.1811
This is the official text of Tex. Transportation Code § 521.1811, part of Texas’s Transportation Code — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§ 521.1811. WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CHILD OR YOUTH, HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH, OR VICTIM OR CHILD OF VICTIM OF DATING OR FAMILY VIOLENCE.
Official statutory text
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).
(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).
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