1-1 By: Truan S.B. No. 154 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed December 7, 2000; January 11, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 1-4 March 14, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, 1-5 Nays 0; March 14, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to a requirement that information about anatomical gifts 1-9 be included in the curriculum of certain driver education and 1-10 driving safety courses. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Section 6, Texas Driver and Traffic Safety 1-13 Education Act (Article 4413(29c), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), 1-14 is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-15 (d) The commissioner by rule shall require that information 1-16 relating to anatomical gifts be included in the curriculum of each 1-17 driver education and driving safety course. The curriculum must 1-18 include information about the matters listed in Section 46.001(a), 1-19 Health and Safety Code, as added by Chapter 1516, Acts of the 76th 1-20 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999. The commissioner shall consult 1-21 with the Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of 1-22 Health in developing rules under this subsection. 1-23 SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2002, the commissioner 1-24 of education shall adopt rules under Subsection (d), Section 6, 1-25 Texas Driver and Traffic Safety Education Act (Article 4413(29c), 1-26 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as added by this Act. 1-27 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-28 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-29 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-30 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-31 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-32 * * * * *