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AN ACT
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relating to the continuing education requirements for constables. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Sections 1701.3545(b) and (d), Occupations Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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�������(b)��Each constable must complete at least 40 hours of |
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continuing education provided by the selected institution under |
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this section each 48-month period. The commission by rule shall |
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establish a uniform 48-month continuing education training period. |
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�������(d)��A newly appointed or elected constable shall complete |
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the initial training program for new constables not later than the |
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second anniversary of that individual's appointment or election as |
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constable. The initial training program for new constables is in |
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addition to the initial training required by this chapter. The |
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commission by rule shall establish that the first continuing |
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education training period for an individual under Subsection (b) |
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begins on the first day of the first uniform continuing education |
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training period that follows [The first 48-month period under
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Subsection (b) begins, for an individual who completes the initial
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training program for new constables under this section, on the
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first anniversary of] the date the individual completed the initial |
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training program. |
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�������SECTION�2.��The Commission on Law Enforcement Officer |
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Standards and Education by rule shall provide an orderly transition |
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for constables to a uniform continuing education training period |
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under Section 1701.3545, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act. |
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�������SECTION�3.��This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.��If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 487 was passed by the House on March |
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15, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 487 was passed by the Senate on May |
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23, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate���� |
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APPROVED:��_____________________ |
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�����������������Governor������� |