Journal of the Senate, Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 3 Page: 2,557
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 468 ON SECOND READING
On motion of Senator Jackson and by unanimous consent, the regular order of
business was suspended to take up for consideration CSHB 468 at this time on its
second reading:
CSHB 468, Relating to driver and traffic safety education.
The bill was read second time.
Senator Jackson offered the following amendment to the bill:
Floor Amendment No. 1
Amend CSHB 468 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In Section 6 of the bill, in amended Subsection (a), Section 1001.055,
Education Code (page 2, line 44), strike "or" and substitute "driver education school
and the Texas Education Agency shall print and supply to each [ez]".
(2) In Section 6 of the bill, in amended Subsection (b), Section 1001.055,
Education Code (page 2, line 49), strike agencyey] by rule shall" and substitute "and
the Texas Education Agency agencyy] by rule shall each".
(3) In Section 6 of the bill, in amended Subsection (c), Section 1001.055,
Education Code (page 2, line 53), between "department" and agencyey]", insert "or the
Texas Education Agency".
(4) In Section 34 of the bill, strike amended Subdivision (2), Subsection (b),
Section 1001.354, Education Code (page 11, lines 35-39), and substitute the
following:
(2) the alternative method includes testing and security measures that are at
least as secure as the measures available in the usual classroom setting.
(5) Add the following appropriately numbered sections to the bill and renumber
the remaining sections of the bill appropriately:
SECTION . Section 521.204(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) The department may issue a Class C driver's license to an applicant under 18
years of age only if the applicant:
(1) is 16 years of age or older;
(2) has submitted to the department a driver education certificate issued
under Chapter 1001, Education Code [Scotion 9A, Texa3 Driver and Traffic Safety
Education. Act (Article 441 3(29), or.n' T.xa Civil Statute)], that states that the
person has completed and passed a driver education course approved by the
department under Section 521.205 or by the Texas Education Agency or the Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation;
(3) has obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent or is a student:
(A) currently enrolled in a public school, home school, or private
school who attended school and, for each class in which the student was enrolled [fev
at- least-80days] in the fall or spring semester preceding the date of the driver's license
application, met the minimum attendance required for class credit under Section
25.092, Education Code; orThursday, May 19, 2005
SENATE JOURNAL
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