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Amend Engrossed SB 895 as follows:
amend Section 521.205(a), Transportation Code to read as
follows:
(a) The department by rule shall provide for approval of a
driver education course conducted by the parent, stepparent, legal
guardian, step-grandparent, or grandparent of a person who is
required to complete a driver education course to obtain a Class C
license. The rules must provide that:
(1) the person conducting the course be a licensed
driver possess a valid license for the preceding three years; and
(A) the license has not been suspended, revoked or
forfeited in the past three years for traffic related violations;
(2) the student driver spend a minimum number of hours
in:
(A) classroom instruction; and
(B) behind-the-wheel instruction;
(3) the person conducting the course not be convicted
of:
(A) criminally negligent homicide; or
(B) driving while intoxicated; and
(4) the person conducting the course not be disabled
because of mental illness.