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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the qualifications for teaching a driver education |
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course. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 521.205(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department by rule shall provide for approval of a |
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driver education course conducted by the parent, stepparent, foster |
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parent, legal guardian, step-grandparent, or grandparent of a |
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person who is required to complete a driver education course to |
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obtain a Class C license. The rules must provide that: |
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(1) the person conducting the course possess a valid |
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license for the preceding three years that has not been suspended, |
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revoked, or forfeited in the past three years for an offense that |
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involves the operation of a motor vehicle; |
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(2) the student driver spend a minimum number of hours |
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in: |
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(A) classroom instruction; and |
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(B) behind-the-wheel instruction; |
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(3) the person conducting the course not be convicted |
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of: |
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(A) criminally negligent homicide; or |
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(B) driving while intoxicated; and |
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(4) [the person conducting the course not be disabled
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because of mental illness; and
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[(5)] the person conducting the course not have six or |
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more points assigned to the person's driver's license under |
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Subchapter B, Chapter 708, at the time the person begins conducting |
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the course. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2015. |