Bill Text: TX HB962 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the hours of instruction required for driver training.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-04-28 - Received from the House [HB962 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB962-Introduced.html
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By: Bucy | H.B. No. 962 |
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relating to the hours of instruction required for driver training. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1001.101(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) A driver education course must require the student to | ||
complete: | ||
(1) 7 hours of behind-the-wheel instruction in the | ||
presence of a person who holds a driver education instructor | ||
license or who meets the requirements for a driver education course | ||
conducted by a parent or other individual under Section 1001.112; | ||
(2) 7 hours of observation instruction in the presence | ||
of a person who holds a driver education instructor license or who | ||
meets the requirements for a driver education course conducted by a | ||
parent or other individual under Section 1001.112; and | ||
(3) 50 [ |
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including at least 10 hours of instruction that takes place at | ||
night, in the presence of an adult who meets the requirements of | ||
Section 521.222(d)(2), Transportation Code. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
driver education course that begins on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. A driver education course that begins before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the course began, and the former law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |