Amend HB 3483 (Senate committee printing) by adding the appropriately number SECTIONs of the bill and renumbering the existing SECTIONs of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. The heading to Section 521.1655, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 521.1655. TESTING BY DRIVER EDUCATION SCHOOL AND CERTAIN DRIVER EDUCATION COURSE PROVIDERS.
SECTION ____. Section 521.1655, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) A driver education course provider approved under Section 521.205 may administer to a student of that course the highway sign and traffic law parts of the examination required by Section 521.161.
SECTION ____. Section 521.205(c), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c) The rules must provide a method by which:
(1) approval of a course is obtained;
(2) an applicant submits proof of completion of the course; [and]
(3) approval for delivering course materials by an alternative method, including electronic means, is obtained;
(4) a provider of a course approved under this section may administer to an applicant the highway sign and traffic law parts of the examination as provided by Section 521.1655(a-1) through electronic means; and
(5) an applicant submits proof of passage of an examination administered under Subdivision (4).
SECTION ____. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt the rules required by Section 521.205, Transportation Code, as amended by this Act, not later than January 1, 2014.