TITLE: Relating to information included in the curriculum of each driver education course and driving safety course.

SUMMARY: Relating to information included in the curriculum of each driver education course and driving safety course.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to information included in the curriculum of each driver education course and driving safety course. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1001, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 1001.1091 to read as follows: Sec. 1001.1091. INFORMATION RELATING TO CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY SEAT SYSTEMS. The commission by rule shall require that information relating to the proper use of child passenger safety seat systems be included in the curriculum of each driver education and driving safety course. SECTION 2. (a) Not later than March 1, 2018, the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt the rules required by Section 1001.1091, Education Code, as added by this Act. (b) Not later than September 1, 2018, each provider of a driver education course or driving safety course shall submit the curriculum adopted pursuant to Section 1001.1091, 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, 2017.