By: Parker H.B. No. 673
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 673:
 
  By:  Smith of Tarrant C.S.H.B. No. 673
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the production and use of an instructional video on
  recreational water safety.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Parks and Wildlife
  Code, is amended by adding Section 12.012 to read as follows:
         Sec. 12.012.  RECREATIONAL WATER SAFETY VIDEO. (a) The
  department shall produce a video suitable for use with high school
  students on recreational water safety. The video must include
  instruction on safe participation in recreational activities in,
  on, or around the lakes, rivers, and coastal waters of this state.
         (b)  The department shall notify the Texas Education Agency
  in writing when the recreational water safety video is available
  for the agency's use.
         (c)  The department may edit the content of the recreational
  water safety video to produce a boater education video that
  complies with federal standards for boating education courses
  published by the National Association of State Boating Law
  Administrators.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 29.9021 to read as follows:
         Sec. 29.9021.  WATER SAFETY EDUCATION. The agency by rule
  shall incorporate a curriculum module on recreational water safety
  into driver education instruction using the video on recreational
  water safety produced under Section 12.012, Parks and Wildlife
  Code, when the agency is notified that the video is available.
         SECTION 3.  The Parks and Wildlife Department shall produce
  the recreational water safety video described by Section 12.012,
  Parks and Wildlife Code, as added by this Act, as soon as production
  costs can be paid from money identified as available for that
  purpose in the department's operating budget.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.