By: Israel (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 516
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017;
May 4, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Transportation; May 10, 2017, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirement that drivers younger than a certain age
complete and pass a driver education course.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1001.055(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The department shall provide to each licensed or exempt
driver education school and to each parent-taught course provider
approved under this chapter driver education certificates or
certificate numbers to enable the school or approved parent-taught
course provider to print and issue department-approved driver
education certificates to certify completion of an approved driver
education course and satisfy the requirements of Sections 521.1601
and 521.204(a)(2), Transportation Code [, 521.1601, Transportation
Code, as added by Chapter 1253 (H.B. 339), Acts of the 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, and 521.1601, Transportation
Code, as added by Chapter 1413 (S.B. 1317), Acts of the 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009].
SECTION 2. Section 521.142(d), Transportation Code, as
amended by Chapters 1253 (H.B. 339) and 1413 (S.B. 1317), Acts of
the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is reenacted to read
as follows:
(d) If the applicant is under 25 years of age, the
application must state whether the applicant has completed a driver
education course required by Section 521.1601.
SECTION 3. Section 521.1601, Transportation Code, as added
by Chapter 1253 (H.B. 339), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
Session, 2009, is repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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