By: Bonnen of Brazoria, et al. H.B. No. 3337
(Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Galveston)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017;
May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain persons to teach a driver
education course.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1001.112(a), Education Code, the
substance of which was transferred from Section 521.205(a),
Transportation Code, by Chapter 1044 (H.B. 1786), Acts of the 84th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended to conform to
Chapter 567 (H.B. 2708), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2015, and further amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission by rule shall provide for approval of a
driver education course conducted by a person designated under
Subsection (a-1) or by the parent, stepparent, foster parent, legal
guardian, grandparent, or step-grandparent of a person who is
required to complete a driver education course to obtain a Class C
license. The rules must provide that the student driver spend a
minimum number of hours in classroom and behind-the-wheel
instruction and that the person conducting the course:
(1) 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) has not been convicted of:
(A) criminally negligent homicide; or
(B) driving while intoxicated; and
(3) [is not disabled because of mental illness; and
[(4)] does not have six or more points assigned to the
person's driver's license under Subchapter B, Chapter 708,
Transportation Code, at the time the person begins conducting the
course.
SECTION 2. Section 1001.112, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) The parent of a person who is required to complete a
driver education course to obtain a Class C license may designate a
person 25 years of age or older to conduct a driver education course
under Subsection (a) if the parent has a disability. In this
subsection, "disability" means, with respect to an individual, a
physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more
major life activities.
SECTION 3. (a) Section 521.1655(a-1), Transportation Code,
is repealed.
(b) Section 521.205(a), Transportation Code, as amended by
Chapter 567 (H.B. 2708), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2015, is repealed to conform to the repeal of Section
521.205, Transportation Code, by Chapter 1044 (H.B. 1786), Acts of
the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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