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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the production and use of an instructional video on |
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recreational water safety. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 12.012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.012. RECREATIONAL WATER SAFETY VIDEO. (a) The |
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department shall produce a video suitable for use with high school |
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students on recreational water safety. The video must include |
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instruction on safe participation in recreational activities in, |
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on, or around the lakes, rivers, and coastal waters of this state. |
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(b) The department shall notify the Texas Education Agency |
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in writing when the recreational water safety video is available |
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for the agency's use. |
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(c) The department may edit the content of the recreational |
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water safety video to produce a boater education video that |
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complies with federal standards for boating education courses |
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published by the National Association of State Boating Law |
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Administrators. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.9021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.9021. WATER SAFETY EDUCATION. The agency by rule |
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shall incorporate a curriculum module on recreational water safety |
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into driver education instruction using the video on recreational |
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water safety produced under Section 12.012, Parks and Wildlife |
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Code, when the agency is notified that the video is available. |
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SECTION 3. The Parks and Wildlife Department shall produce |
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the recreational water safety video described by Section 12.012, |
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Parks and Wildlife Code, as added by this Act, as soon as production |
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costs can be paid from money identified as available for that |
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purpose in the department's operating budget. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |