S.B. No. 895




AN ACT

relating to the conducting of a driver education course by certain 
family members of the student.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsections (a) and (c), Section 521.205, 
Transportation Code, are 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, 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 possess a valid 
license for the preceding three years and the license has not been 
suspended, revoked, or forfeited in the past three years for 
traffic related violations [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.
	(c)  The rules must provide a method by which:                                 
		(1)  approval of a course is obtained; [and]                 
		(2)  an applicant submits proof of completion of the 
course; and     
		(3)  approval for delivering course materials by an 
alternative method, including electronic means, is obtained.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           

                                                                              




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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 895 passed the Senate on 
April 10, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that 
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2003, by a 
viva-voce vote.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 895 passed the House, with 
amendment, on May 28, 2003, by a non-record vote.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor