Texas Register, Volume 25, Number 11, Pages 2223-2484, March 17, 2000 Page: 2,309

                                
hd4) The department adopts by reference the DA ER EDU-
CATION INSTRUCTION CT TRRICULL       MODEL FOR PARENTS
AND LEGAL GUARDIANS and it is the standard upon which each
program wil4 be evaluated and may be ttsed as an approved course.]
(e) The emriculum is available for inspection at the depart-
ment's Austin headquartes-
18.32. Submission of Course for Department Approval.
(a) Entities desiring to have courses evaluated for department
approval must submit their complete course curriculum and copies of
all materials to: License Issuance Bureau [Inspection and Planniing,]
Texas Department of Public Safety, Box 4087, Austin, Texas 78772-
0316 [78773  000], Attention: Parent Taught Driver Education
Section [Driver License Inspectors].
(b) The curriculum and all materials will be evaluated. If it
substantially meets or exceeds the minimum standards of the [Driver
Education ctri4ulm  Model for Parents and Legalt Gardian;
and the ]TEA Driver Education Classroom and In-Car Instruction
Curriculum Guide, the course will be approved. The [and the ]course
name and address for ordering materials will be added to the approved
list, included in the Parent Taught Driver Education Packet, which
will be made available upon request [to the department in the Drer
Education Materials Packet available] from the Department of Public
Safety, License Issuance [General Services] Bureau. Changes in
course name, address or telephone number will be made by the
department, upon written notification, at the next printing of the
Parent Taught Driver Education Packet. Notification of approval
or disapproval will be sent to the entity. In cases of disapproval,
deficiencies will be noted. Any subsequent change in the course
curriculum or materials will require submission for approval as stated
in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Submitted materials will be retained in the department
files.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been re-
viewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's
legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State, on February 29,
2000.
TRD-200001525
Dudley M. Thomas
Director
Texas Department of Public Safety
Earliest possible date of adoption: April 16, 2000
For further information, please call: (512) 424-2135
Chapter 19. BREATH ALCOHOL TESTING
REGULATIONS
Subchapter B. TEXAS IGNITION INTERLOCK
DEVICE REGULATIONS
37 TAC 19.21 - 19.26
(Editor's note: The text of the following sections proposed for repeal
will not be published. The sections may be examined in the offices of
the Texas Department of Public Safety or in the Texas Register office,
Room 245, James Earl Rudder Building, 1019 Brazos Street, Austin.)

The Texas Department of Public Safety proposes the repeal
of 19.21-19.26, concerning Texas Ignition Interlock Device
Regulations.
The sections are being repealed due to numerous changes
needed. New sections are being filed simultaneously with the
changes.
Tom Haas, Chief of Finance, has determined that for each year
of the first five-year period the repeals are in effect there will be
no fiscal implications as a result of enforcing or administering
the repeals.
Mr. Haas also has determined that for each year of the first
five years the repeals are in effect the public benefit anticipated
as a result of enforcing the repeals will be current and updated
Ignition Interlock Device rules. There is no anticipated economic
cost to small or large businesses. There is no anticipated
economic cost to individuals.
Comments on the proposal may be submitted to Mary Ann
Courter, Chief of Legal Services, Texas Department of Public
Safety, Box 4087, Austin, Texas 78773-0140, (512) 424-2890.
The repeals are proposed pursuant to Texas Government Code,
411.004(3), which authorizes the Public Safety Commission
to adopt rules considered necessary for carrying out the
Department's work and Texas Transportation Code, 521.2476.
Texas Government Code, 411.004(3) and Texas Transporta-
tion Code, 521.2476 are affected by this proposal.
19.21. Explanation of Terms and Actions.
19.22. Procedure for Approval.
19.23. Technical Requirements.
19.24. Miscellaneous Requirements.
19.25. Maintenance and Calibration Requirements.
19.26. Approval, Denial, and Withdrawal of Approval.
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been re-
viewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's
legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State, on February 29,
2000.
TRD-200001530
Dudley M. Thomas
Director
Texas Department of Public Safety
Earliest possible date of adoption: April 16, 2000
For further information, please call: (512) 424-2135
37 TAC 19.21 - 19.29
The Texas Department of Public Safety proposes new 19.21-
19.29, concerning Texas Ignition Interlock Device Regulations.
The new sections promulgate regulations for the approval of
models and classes of these devices, standards for the calibra-
tion and maintenance, and responsibility of manufacturers of
these devices. The new sections are being filed simultaneously
with the proposal for repeal of current rules.
House Bill 3492 passed during the 76th Texas Legislature
requires the Department to develop rules to provide oversight
to the breath alcohol ignition interlock industry. Previous rules
only addressed the approval of the devices for use in the state of

PROPOSED RULES     March 17, 2000 25 TexReg 2309