Tex. Educ. Code § 1001.2511 · Subchapter F. LICENSING OF INSTRUCTORS
NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REVIEW FOR DRIVER EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies to a person who is an applicant for or holder of:
(1) a driver education instructor license; or
(2) a license issued under Section 1001.255.
(b) The department shall review the national criminal history record information of a person who holds a license described by Subsection (a).
(c) The executive director shall place a license described by Subsection (a) on inactive status for the license holder's failure to comply with a deadline for submitting information required under this section.
(d) The department may allow a person who is applying for a license described by Subsection (a) and who currently resides in another state to submit the person's fingerprints and other required information in a manner that does not impose an undue hardship on the person.
(e) The commission may adopt rules to administer this section, including rules establishing:
(1) deadlines for a person to submit fingerprints and photographs in compliance with this section;
(2) sanctions for a person's failure to comply with the requirements of this section, including suspension or revocation of or refusal to issue a license described by Subsection (a); and
(3) notification to a driver education provider of relevant information obtained by the department under this section.
(f) The department is not civilly or criminally liable for an action taken in compliance with this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 820 (H.B. 2678), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1044 (H.B. 1786), Sec. 37, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 5.33, eff. September 1, 2021.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.1001.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 4c6711f43e4850bb35cba9b6fe235728b2d3cddd9325d464c13500c63362ae2f
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Educ. Code § 1001.2511. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 1001.2512FEES FOR CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REVIEW.Printed as Section 1001.2511
- Tex. Educ. Code § 1001.2513CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.Printed as Section 1001.2511
- Tex. Educ. Code § 1001.2514LICENSE HOLDERS AND APPLICANTS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.Printed as Section 1001.2511(a)
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.