{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.1811","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 521.1811","heading":"WAIVER OF FEES FOR FOSTER CHILD OR YOUTH, HOMELESS CHILD OR YOUTH, OR VICTIM OR CHILD OF VICTIM OF DATING OR FAMILY VIOLENCE.","body":"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:\n(1) younger than 18 years of age and in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services;\n(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;\n(3) a homeless child or youth as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a;\n(4) a victim of dating violence as defined by Section 71.0021, Family Code;\n(5) a victim of family violence as defined by Section 51.002, Human Resources Code; or\n(6) a child of a victim described by Subdivision (4) or (5).\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 598 (S.B. 218), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2011.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1024 (H.B. 123), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 374 (S.B. 798), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE B. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS","CHAPTER 521. DRIVER'S LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES","SUBCHAPTER I. ISSUANCE OF DRIVER'S LICENSE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm#521.1811","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"7a5e82672d3466a1f58466dc79f15682a95148d0029abb679c9ccab416185217","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.181","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-521.1812"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}