GroundRules
← Search the law
Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Education Code § 1001.453: DISTRIBUTION OF WRITTEN INFORMATION ON DRIVING SAFETY PROVIDER.

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. EDUCATION CODE
  2. TITLE 5. OTHER EDUCATION
  3. CHAPTER 1001. DRIVER AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION
  4. SUBCHAPTER J. PROHIBITED PRACTICES AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS

(a) A person may not distribute within 500 feet of a court with jurisdiction over an offense to which Subchapter H, Chapter 45A, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies written information that advertises a driving safety provider.

(b) The department may revoke the license of a driving safety provider if the provider or the provider's agent, employee, or representative violates this section.

(c) This section does not apply to distribution of information:

(1) by a court; or

(2) to a court to advise the court of the availability of the course or to obtain approval of the course.

(d) Subchapter F, Chapter 51, Occupations Code, and Section 51.353, Occupations Code, do not apply to a violation of this section or a rule adopted under this section.

(e) Section 51.352, Occupations Code, and Sections 1001.455(a)(6) and 1001.554 of this code do not apply to a violation of this section.

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. 51, eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 5.54, eff. September 1, 2021.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 5.55, eff. September 1, 2021.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.044, eff. January 1, 2025.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:05Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection