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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing information regarding the Texas Driving with |
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Disability Program to certain public school students and in the |
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curriculum of driver education courses and driving safety courses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.0113 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.0113. DRIVING WITH DISABILITY PROGRAM INFORMATION. |
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(a) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school shall |
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provide information regarding the Texas Driving with Disability |
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Program to: |
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(1) students who have a health condition or disability |
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that may impede effective communication with a peace officer and: |
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(A) who receive special education services under |
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Subchapter A; or |
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(B) who are covered by Section 504, |
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Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794); and |
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(2) the parents of students described by Subdivision |
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(1). |
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(b) The information described under Subsection (a) shall be |
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provided to each student who is 16 years of age or older and |
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annually until the earlier of the student's: |
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(1) graduation from high school; or |
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(2) 21st birthday. |
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(c) The agency shall collaborate with the Department of |
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Public Safety, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, and the |
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Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities to develop the |
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information materials to be provided under Subsection (a). The |
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materials: |
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(1) must include information regarding a person's |
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option to voluntarily list any health condition or disability that |
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may impede the person's communication with a peace officer on a |
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person's vehicle registration information in accordance with |
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Section 502.061, Transportation Code, or application for an |
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original license under Section 521.142, Transportation Code; and |
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(2) may be provided with any transition planning |
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materials provided under this subchapter. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 1001, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1001.10161 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1001.10161. DRIVING WITH DISABILITY PROGRAM |
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INFORMATION. The commission by rule shall require that information |
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relating to the Texas Driving with Disability Program be included |
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in the curriculum of each driver education and driving safety |
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course. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Not later than May 1, 2024, the Texas |
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Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt the rules |
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required by Section 1001.10161, Education Code, as added by this |
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Act. |
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(b) Not later than September 1, 2024, each provider of a |
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driver education course or a driving safety course shall certify to |
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the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation that the course |
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curriculum has been updated to include the information required by |
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Section 1001.10161, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 5. 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, 2023. |