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	Amend CSHB 1054 (House Committee Printing) by adding the 
following SECTIONS to the bill, appropriately numbered, and 
renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 708.103(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Section 708.202, each [Each] year 
the department shall assess a surcharge on the license of each 
person who during the preceding 36-month period has been convicted 
of an offense under Section 521.457, 601.191, or 601.371.
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 708, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E. DEDUCTION OF POINTS OR ELIMINATION OF SURCHARGE
Sec. 708.201. ELIGIBILITY. A person who is paying a surcharge under this chapter is eligible for a deduction of points or elimination of a surcharge as provided by this subchapter if: (1) the person has paid a surcharge for at least the preceding 12-month period because of: (A) an accumulation of points under Subchapter B; or (B) a conviction of an offense under Section 601.191 or 601.371; and (2) the person has not: (A) received a deduction of points or the elimination of a surcharge under this subchapter in the previous 24 months; and (B) successfully completed a driving safety course approved by the Texas Education Agency or a course under the motorcycle operator training and safety program approved by the designated state agency under Chapter 662 in the previous 12 months. Sec. 708.202. DRIVING SAFETY COURSE REQUIRED. (a) A person who successfully completes a driving safety course approved by the Texas Education Agency or a course under the motorcycle operator training and safety program approved by the designated state agency under Chapter 662 is entitled to: (1) a deduction of two points on the person's driver's license under Subchapter B; or (2) elimination of a surcharge based on a conviction of an offense under Section 601.191 or 601.371. (b) If the deduction of points under this section causes a person to have fewer than six points accumulated on the person's driver's license, the person is no longer required to pay a surcharge.