By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 1816


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a Texas Department of Public Safety approved driver 
education course.
	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, 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 person conducting the course successfully 
complete a Parent Instruction Safety Course approved by the 
department;
		(3) (2)  the student driver spend a minimum number of 
hours in:
			(A)  classroom instruction; and                                              
			(B)  behind-the-wheel instruction;                                           
		(4) (3)  the person conducting the course not be 
convicted of:
			(A)  criminally negligent homicide; or                                       
			(B)  driving while intoxicated;                                              
		(5)  the person conducting the course not have 
accumulated ten or more penalty points in the past three-year 
period on a driving record evaluation by the department; and
		(6) (4)  the person conducting the course not be 
disabled because of mental illness.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.