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. Section 4, Texas Driver and Traffic Safety 1-7 Education Act (Article 4413(29c), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), 1-8 is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-9 (c) The agency by rule shall require that information 1-10 relating to alcohol awareness and the effect of alcohol on the 1-11 effective operation of a motor vehicle be included in the 1-12 curriculum of any driver education or driving safety course that is 1-13 governed by this article. The agency shall consult with the 1-14 Department of Public Safety in developing those rules. 1-15 SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency shall adopt the rules 1-16 specified by Section 4(c), Texas Driver and Traffic Safety 1-17 Education Act (Article 4413(29c), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), 1-18 as added by Section 1 of this Act, no later than January 1, 2000. 1-19 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-24 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-1 passage, and it is so enacted. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1224 was passed by the House on May 8, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1224 was passed by the Senate on May 26, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor