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78R4753 JRJ-D

By:  Pitts                                                        H.B. No. 1313



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a Texas Department of Transportation approved driver 
education course conducted by a person with legal authority to act 
in place of a parent or legal guardian.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 521.205(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended 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 or other person with legal authority to act in place of the 
parent or 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;                 
		(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.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.