Tex. Education Code § 1001.002: EXEMPTIONS.

(a) An organization is exempt from this chapter if the organization:

(1) has 50,000 or more members;

(2) qualifies for a tax exemption under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization described by Section 501(c)(4) of that code; and

(3) conducts for its members and other individuals who are at least 50 years of age a driving safety course that is not used for purposes of Subchapter H, Chapter 45A, Code of Criminal Procedure.

(b) A driving safety course is exempt from this chapter if the course is taught without providing a uniform certificate of course completion to a person who successfully completes the course.

(c) A driver education course is exempt from this chapter, other than Section 1001.055, if the course is:

(1) conducted by a vocational driver training school operated to train or prepare a person for a field of endeavor in a business, trade, technical, or industrial occupation;

(2) conducted by a school or training program that offers only instruction of purely avocational or recreational subjects as determined by the department;

(3) sponsored by an employer to train its own employees without charging tuition;

(4) sponsored by a recognized trade, business, or professional organization with a closed membership to instruct the members of the organization; or

(5) conducted by a school regulated and approved under another law of this state.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 6.012(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1044 (H.B. 1786), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.042, eff. January 1, 2025.