H.B. No. 2708
AN ACT
relating to the qualifications for teaching a driver education
course.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 521.205(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The department by rule shall provide for approval of a
driver education course conducted by the parent, stepparent, foster
parent, legal guardian, step-grandparent, or grandparent of a
person who is required to complete a driver education course to
obtain a Class C license. The rules must provide that:
(1) the person conducting the course possess a valid
license for the preceding three years that has not been suspended,
revoked, or forfeited in the past three years for an offense that
involves the operation of a motor vehicle;
(2) the student driver spend a minimum number of hours
in:
(A) classroom instruction; and
(B) behind-the-wheel instruction;
(3) the person conducting the course not be convicted
of:
(A) criminally negligent homicide; or
(B) driving while intoxicated; and
(4) [the person conducting the course not be disabled
because of mental illness; and
[(5)] the person conducting the course not have six or
more points assigned to the person's driver's license under
Subchapter B, Chapter 708, at the time the person begins conducting
the course.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2708 was passed by the House on May 5,
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2708 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor