76R11290 E                           
         By Junell                                             H.B. No. 1409
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1409:
         By Hupp                                           C.S.H.B. No. 1409
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to eligibility to conduct a mental and physical
 1-3     examination of a school bus operator.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 521.022(c), Transportation Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  A person may not operate a school bus for the
 1-8     transportation of students unless the person meets the mental and
 1-9     physical capability requirements the department establishes by rule
1-10     and has passed an examination approved by the department to
1-11     determine the person's mental and physical capabilities to operate
1-12     a school bus safely.  A physician, chiropractor, advanced practice
1-13     nurse, or physician assistant may conduct the examination.  An
1-14     ophthalmologist, optometrist, or therapeutic optometrist may
1-15     conduct the part of the examination relating to the person's
1-16     vision.  Each school bus operator must pass the examination
1-17     annually.
1-18           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-19     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-20     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-21     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-22     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-23     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-24     passage, and it is so enacted.