83R1799 JRJ-D
By: Flynn H.B. No. 1190
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to statutory minimum fees for driving safety courses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1001.205, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1001.205. REQUIREMENTS FOR DRIVING SAFETY SCHOOL
LICENSE. The commissioner shall approve an application for a
driving safety school license if on investigation the agency
determines that the school:
(1) has driving safety courses, curricula, and
instruction of a quality, content, and length that reasonably and
adequately achieve the stated objective for which the course,
curricula, and instruction are developed by the course provider;
(2) has adequate space, equipment, instructional
material, and instructors to provide training of good quality;
(3) has instructors and administrators who have
adequate educational qualifications and experience;
(4) maintains adequate records as prescribed by the
commissioner to show attendance and progress or grades and enforces
satisfactory standards relating to attendance, progress, and
conduct;
(5) complies with all county, municipal, state, and
federal laws, including fire, building, and sanitation codes and
assumed name registration;
(6) has administrators, owners, and instructors who
are of good reputation and character;
(7) does not use erroneous or misleading advertising,
either by actual statement, omission, or intimation, as determined
by the commissioner;
(8) does not use a name similar to the name of another
existing school or tax-supported educational establishment in this
state, unless specifically approved in writing by the commissioner;
(9) maintains and uses the approved contract and
policies developed by the course provider;
(10) does not owe an administrative penalty under this
chapter;
[(11) will not provide a driving safety course to a
person for less than $25;] and
(11) [(12)] meets additional criteria required by the
commissioner.
SECTION 2. Section 1001.352, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1001.352. FEES FOR DRIVING SAFETY COURSE. A course
provider shall charge each student[:
[(1) at least $25 for a driving safety course; and
[(2)] a fee of at least $3 for driving safety course
materials and for supervising and administering the course.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section
1001.205, Education Code, applies only to an application for a
driving safety school license submitted on or after the effective
date of this Act. An application for a driving safety school
license submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this
Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act to Section
1001.352, Education Code, applies only to a driving safety course
provided on or after the effective date of this Act. A course
provided before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.