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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that drivers younger than a certain age |
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complete and pass a driver education course. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1001.055(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall provide to each licensed or exempt |
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driver education school and to each parent-taught course provider |
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approved under this chapter driver education certificates or |
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certificate numbers to enable the school or approved parent-taught |
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course provider to print and issue department-approved driver |
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education certificates to certify completion of an approved driver |
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education course and satisfy the requirements of Sections 521.1601 |
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and 521.204(a)(2), Transportation Code [, 521.1601, Transportation
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Code, as added by Chapter 1253 (H.B. 339), Acts of the 81st
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, and 521.1601, Transportation
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Code, as added by Chapter 1413 (S.B. 1317), Acts of the 81st
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2009]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 521.142(d), Transportation Code, as |
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amended by Chapters 1253 (H.B. 339) and 1413 (S.B. 1317), Acts of |
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the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted to read |
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as follows: |
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(d) If the applicant is under 25 years of age, the |
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application must state whether the applicant has completed a driver |
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education course required by Section 521.1601. |
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SECTION 3. Section 521.1601, Transportation Code, as added |
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by Chapter 1253 (H.B. 339), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2009, is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |