Bill Text: TX HB2708 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the qualifications for teaching a driver education course.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB2708 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2708-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2708 |
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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 | ||
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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. | ||
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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 |