Bill Text: TX HB105 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the inclusion of information about oversize and overweight vehicles in the curriculum of driver education and driving safety courses.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-24 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB105 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB105-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 105 | ||
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| relating to the inclusion of information about oversize and | ||
| overweight vehicles in the curriculum of driver education and | ||
| driving safety courses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1001, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1001.1092 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1001.1092. INFORMATION RELATING TO OVERSIZE AND | ||
| OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES. The commission by rule shall require that | ||
| information relating to methods of safely operating a motor vehicle | ||
| near an oversize or overweight vehicle, including safe following | ||
| distances and safe passing methods, be included in the curriculum | ||
| of each driver education course and driving safety course. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) Not later than March 1, 2020, the Texas | ||
| Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt the rules | ||
| required by Section 1001.1092, Education Code, as added by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| (b) Not later than September 1, 2020, each provider of a | ||
| driver education course or driving safety course shall submit the | ||
| curriculum adopted pursuant to Section 1001.1092, Education Code, | ||
| as added by this Act, to the Texas Commission of Licensing and | ||
| Regulation for approval. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 105 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 105 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
