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 Article 45.0511, 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.