By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3287
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to driving safety courses for minors and adults.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Effective January 1, 2014, Article 1001.101(b),
Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) A driver education course must require the student to
complete:
(1) 20 7 hours of behind-the-wheel instruction in the
presence of a person who holds a driver education instructor
license or who meets the requirements imposed under Section
521.205, Transportation Code;
(2) 20 7 hours of observation instruction in the
presence of a person who holds a driver education instructor
license or who meets the requirements imposed under Section
521.205, Transportation Code; and
(3) 20 hours of behind-the-wheel instruction,
including at least 10 hours of instruction that takes place at
night, in the presence of an adult who meets the requirements of
Section 521.222(d)(2), Transportation Code.
SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Education Agency shall adopt the
rules required by Section 1001.101(b), Education Code, as added by
this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this
Act.
(b) The change in law made by this Act to Article
1001.101(b), Education Code, applies only to courses that begin on
or after September 1, 2013.
SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided by this Act, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.