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        relating to training requirements for peace officers appointed to  | 
      
      
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        supervisory positions. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 1701.352(d), Occupations Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (d)  A peace officer who is appointed or will be appointed to  | 
      
      
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        the officer's first supervisory position must receive in-service  | 
      
      
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        training on supervision as part of the course provided for the  | 
      
      
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        officer under Subsection (b) not earlier than the 12th month before  | 
      
      
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        the date of that appointment or later than the first anniversary of  | 
      
      
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        [during the 24-month period after] the date of that appointment. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only  | 
      
      
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        to an appointment made on or after the effective date of this Act.   | 
      
      
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        An appointment made before the effective date of this Act is  | 
      
      
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        governed by the law in effect on the date the appointment was made,  | 
      
      
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        and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | 
      
      
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           President of the Senate | 
        Speaker of the House      | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 3211 was passed by the House on April  | 
      
      
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        30, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 1, 1 present, not  | 
      
      
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        voting. | 
      
      
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        Chief Clerk of the House    | 
      
      
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               I certify that H.B. No. 3211 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
      
      
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        20, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
      
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        Secretary of the Senate     | 
      
      
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                         Governor        |