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.