By Driver H.B. No. 454
77R3136 JD-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the issuance of a driver's instruction permit by the
1-3 Department of Public Safety or a driver education school.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 521.222(a), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) The department or a driver education school licensed
1-8 under the Texas Driver and Traffic Safety Education Act (Article
1-9 4413(29c), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) may issue an instruction
1-10 permit, including a Class A or Class B driver's license instruction
1-11 permit, to a person who:
1-12 (1) is 15 years of age or older but under 18 years of
1-13 age;
1-14 (2) has satisfactorily completed and passed the
1-15 classroom phase of an approved driver education course, which may
1-16 be a course approved under Section 521.205;
1-17 (3) has satisfactorily completed and passed a drug and
1-18 alcohol driving awareness program that has been approved by the
1-19 Texas Education Agency under the Texas Driver and Traffic Safety
1-20 Education Act (Article 4413(29c), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes);
1-21 (4) meets the requirements imposed under Section
1-22 521.204(3); and
1-23 (5) [(4)] has passed each examination required under
1-24 Section 521.161 other than the driving test.
2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.