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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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EDUCATION CODE |
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Title 5. OTHER EDUCATION |
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Chapter 1001. DRIVER AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION |
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Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES |
Sec. 1001.056. UNIFORM CERTIFICATES OF COURSE COMPLETION
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(a) In this section, "operator" means a person approved by a course provider to conduct an approved driving safety course.
(b) The agency shall provide each licensed course provider with course completion certificate numbers to enable the provider to print and issue agency-approved uniform certificates of course completion.
(b-1) Certificate numbering under Subsection (b) must be serial.
(c) The agency by rule shall provide for the design of the certificates and the distribution of certificate numbers in a manner that, to the greatest extent possible, prevents the unauthorized production or the misuse of the certificates or certificate numbers.
(c-1) A course provider shall provide for the printing and issuance of original and duplicate certificates in a manner that, to the greatest extent possible, prevents the unauthorized production or the misuse of the certificates.
(d) A certificate under this section must:
(1) be in a form required by the agency; and
(2) include an identifying number by which the agency, a court, or the department may verify its authenticity with the course provider.
(e) The agency may charge a fee of not more than $4 for each course completion certificate number. A course provider that supplies a certificate to an operator shall collect from the operator a fee equal to the amount of the fee paid to the agency for the certificate number.
(f) A course provider license entitles a course provider to purchase certificate numbers for only one approved driving safety course.
(g) A course provider shall issue a duplicate certificate by mail or commercial delivery. The commissioner by rule shall determine the amount of the fee for issuance of a duplicate certificate under this subsection.