TITLE: Relating to the qualifications for teaching a driver education course.

SUMMARY: Relating to the qualifications for teaching a driver education course.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT 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 Clicense. 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 (4) [the person conducting the course not be disabled because of mental illness; and [(5)] the person conducting the course not have six or 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.