By: Goldman H.B. No. 4417       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the administration of court-ordered programs regulated   by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 106.115(a), Alcoholic Beverage Code, as   amended by Chapters 663 (H.B. 1560) and 948 (S.B. 1480), Acts of the   87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is reenacted and amended   to read as follows:          (a)  On the placement of a minor on deferred disposition for   an offense under Section 49.02, Penal Code, or under Section   106.02, 106.025, 106.04, 106.041, 106.05, or 106.07, the court   shall require the defendant to successfully complete one of the   following programs:                (1)  an alcohol awareness program under this section   that is regulated under Chapter 171, Government Code; or                (2)  a drug education program under Section   521.374(a)(1), Transportation Code, that is regulated under   Chapter 171, Government Code[; or                (3)  a drug and alcohol driving awareness program under   Section 1001.103, Education Code].          SECTION 2.  Section 106.115(a-1) and (b-1), Alcoholic   Beverage Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a-1)  On conviction of a minor of an offense under Section   49.02, Penal Code, or Section 106.02, 106.025, 106.04, 106.041,   106.05, or 106.07, the court, in addition to assessing a fine as   provided by those sections, shall require a defendant who has not   been previously convicted of an offense under one of those sections   to successfully complete an alcohol awareness program or [,] a drug   education program[, or a drug and alcohol driving awareness   program] described by Subsection (a). If the defendant has been   previously convicted once or more of an offense under one or more of   those sections, the court may require the defendant to successfully   complete an alcohol awareness program or [,] a drug education   program[, or a drug and alcohol driving awareness program]   described by Subsection (a).          (b-1)  If the defendant resides in a county with a population   of 75,000 or less and access to an alcohol awareness program is not   readily available in the county, the court may allow the defendant   to take an online alcohol awareness program approved by [if] the   Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation [approves online   courses] or require the defendant to perform not less than eight   hours of community service related to alcohol abuse prevention or   treatment [and approved by the Texas Department of Licensing and   Regulation under Subsection (b-3)] instead of attending the alcohol   awareness program.  Community service ordered under this subsection   is in addition to community service ordered under Section   106.071(d).          SECTION 3.  The following laws are repealed:                (1)  Section 106.115(b-3), Alcoholic Beverage Code;   and                (2)   Sections 521.375(a) and (b) and 521.376(a),   Transportation Code.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.