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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirements for a driver education instructor |
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license. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1001.253, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (g) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) A [Except as provided by Section 1001.254, a] driver |
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education instructor license authorizing a person to teach or |
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provide classroom training may not be issued unless the person: |
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(1) has completed nine semester hours of driver and |
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traffic safety education or a program of study in driver education |
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approved by the commissioner from an approved driver education |
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school; and |
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(2) holds [a teaching certificate and] any additional |
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certification required to teach driver education. |
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(g) The agency may not require a person to hold a teaching |
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certificate as a condition of holding or renewing a driver |
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education instructor license. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1001.254, Education Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |