By Kubiak H.B. No. 1234 75R2154 PEP-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the requirement that alcohol awareness information be 1-3 included in the curriculum of certain driver education and driving 1-4 safety courses. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. The Texas Education Agency by rule shall require 1-7 that after January 1, 1998, information relating to alcohol 1-8 awareness and the effect of alcohol on the effective operation of a 1-9 motor vehicle be included in the curriculum of any driver education 1-10 or driving safety course that is governed by the agency. The Texas 1-11 Education Agency shall consult with the Department of Public Safety 1-12 in developing rules under this Act. This Act expires January 2, 1-13 1998. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-15 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.