Bill Text: TX HB1538 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to driving safety courses provided by certain organizations.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-04 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB1538 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1538-Introduced.html
| 86R5715 SOS-D | ||
| By: VanDeaver | H.B. No. 1538 | |
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| relating to driving safety courses provided by certain | ||
| organizations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1001.002, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) Except as provided by Subsection (a-2), an | ||
| organization is exempt from this chapter and any fee imposed under | ||
| this chapter if the organization: | ||
| (1) is exempt from federal taxation under Section | ||
| 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described | ||
| by Section 501(c)(3) of that code; and | ||
| (2) provides to individuals who are at least 50 years | ||
| of age a driving safety course that may be used for purposes of | ||
| Article 45.0511, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| (a-2) Sections 1001.0561, 1001.351(b), 1001.451, and | ||
| 1001.555 apply to an organization described by Subsection (a-1). | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 1001, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1001.0561 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1001.0561. UNIFORM CERTIFICATES OF COURSE COMPLETION | ||
| ISSUED BY CERTAIN EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS. For an organization exempt | ||
| from this chapter under Section 1001.002(a-1): | ||
| (1) the department shall provide the organization with | ||
| course completion certificate numbers to enable the organization to | ||
| issue original and duplicate department-approved uniform | ||
| certificates of course completion in a manner that, to the greatest | ||
| extent possible, prevents the unauthorized production or the misuse | ||
| of the certificates; and | ||
| (2) the organization may purchase original or | ||
| duplicate certificate numbers for only one approved driving safety | ||
| course. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
