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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing home-taught driver education course |
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providers to administer certain examinations required to obtain a |
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driver's license. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 521.1655, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 521.1655. TESTING BY DRIVER EDUCATION SCHOOL AND |
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CERTAIN DRIVER EDUCATION COURSE PROVIDERS. |
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SECTION 2. Section 521.1655, Transportation Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) A driver education course provider approved under |
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Section 521.205 or a person who conducts a course under that section |
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may administer to a student of that course the highway sign and |
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traffic law parts of the examination required by Section 521.161. |
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SECTION 3. Section 521.205(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The rules must provide a method by which: |
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(1) approval of a course is obtained; |
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(2) an applicant submits proof of completion of the |
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course; [and] |
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(3) approval for delivering course materials by an |
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alternative method, including electronic means, is obtained; |
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(4) a provider of a course approved under this section |
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or a person conducting a course under this section may administer to |
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an applicant the highway sign and traffic law parts of the |
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examination as provided by Section 521.1655(a-1) through |
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electronic means; and |
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(5) an applicant submits proof of passage of an |
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examination administered under Subdivision (4). |
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SECTION 4. The Department of Public Safety shall adopt the |
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rules required by Section 521.205, Transportation Code, as amended |
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by this Act, not later than January 1, 2014. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |