HBA-MPA C.S.H.B. 953 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 953
By: Uher
Public Safety
4/8/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a student who is required to complete a driver education course
to obtain a Class C license may be given approval by the Department of
Public Safety to learn how to drive under the instruction of a parent or
legal guardian.  The instructor must meet criteria laid down by the
department for conducting the driver education course.  C.S.H.B. 953 allows
the stepparent, grandparent, and stepgrandparent of such a student to
instruct the student, provided that all relevant guidelines have been met.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that rulemaking
authority previously delegated to the Department of Public Safety is
modified in SECTION 1 (Section 521.205, Transportation Code) of this bill. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 521.205(a), Transportation Code, to add the
stepparent,  grandparent, and and stepgrandparent of the student to the
list of persons who may instruct a student who is required to complete a
driver education course to obtain a Class C license under this section.
Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.  


COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 953 differs from the original bill in SECTION 1 by adding the
stepparent and stepgrandparent of a person required to complete a driver
education course to the list of persons who may conduct such a course if
certain conditions are met.