Amend CSHB 3459 by adding a new, appropriately numbered 
SECTION to read as follows:
	SECTION _____.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the commissioner of education may contract for the performance 
of or delegate all or part of the duties assigned to the 
commissioner or the Texas Education Agency under the Texas Driver 
and Traffic Safety Education Act, Article 4413(29c) and Section 
29.902, Education Code, to a private or public entity in accordance 
with this section.
		(b)  The commissioner shall enter into a written 
agreement that describes the responsibilities of the commissioner 
and agency and the entity to which a function is delegated or 
contracted.
		(c)  Any rule of the commissioner enacted under Article 
4413(29c) remains in  effect after a delegation or contract 
authorized under this section until amended by the commissioner.  
Any investigation, sanction, fine or administrative or judicial 
proceeding in progress on the date of delegation or effective date 
of a contract shall continue in effect without regard to the 
delegation or contract.  Any fees due under Article 4413(29c) shall 
be deposited to the credit of the Texas Education Agency and used to 
support activities of the agency and to pay reasonable expenses of 
the entity to which a function is delegated or contracted under this 
section.
		(d)  An entity to which authority under Article 
4413(29c) or Section 29.902, Education Code, is delegated is 
considered a state agency for purposes of immunity.
		(e)  The commissioner may make rules to implement this 
section.  A reference in other law to the commissioner of education 
or the Texas Education Agency with regard to duties or actions under 
Article 4413(29c) or Section 29.902, Education Code, shall mean an 
entity delegated or contracted a function by the commissioner to 
the extent necessary to implement the delegation or contract.