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	Amend CSHB 339 (house committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 521.204(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The department may issue a Class C driver's license to 
an applicant under 18 years of age only if the applicant:
		(1)  is 16 years of age or older;                                             
		(2)  has submitted to the department a driver education 
certificate issued under Section 9A, Texas Driver and Traffic 
Safety Education Act (Article 4413(29c), Vernon's Texas Civil 
Statutes), that states that the person has completed and passed a 
driver education course approved by the department under Section 
521.205 or by the Texas Education Agency;
		(3)  has obtained a high school diploma or its 
equivalent or is a student:  
			(A)  enrolled in a public school, home school, or 
private school who attended school for at least 80 days in the fall 
or spring semester preceding the date of the driver's license 
application;  or
			(B)  who has been enrolled for at least 45 days, 
and is enrolled as of the date of the application, in a program to 
prepare persons to pass the high school equivalency exam;  [and]
		(4)  has submitted to the department written parental 
or guardian permission for the department to access the applicant's 
school enrollment records maintained by the Texas Education Agency; 
and
		(5)  has passed the examination required by Section 
521.161.