Section 1001.002 - [Effective 1/1/2025] 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.Tex. Educ. Code § 1001.002
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 765,Sec. 2.042, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1044,Sec. 4, eff. 9/1/2015.Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 6.012(a), eff. 9/1/2003.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.