By Goodman H.B. No. 610 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 610: By Longoria C.S.H.B. No. 610 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to tax assessor-collectors who are required to register 1-3 with the Board of Tax Professional Examiners. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Article 8885, Revised Statutes, is amended by 1-6 adding Section 11A to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 11A. EXCEPTION FOR OFFICER OF POPULOUS COUNTY. A tax 1-8 assessor-collector of a county is exempt from Section 11 of this 1-9 Act. 1-10 SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 6, Tax Code, is amended by 1-11 adding Section 6.235 to read as follows: 1-12 Sec. 6.235. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) During 1-13 each full term of office, a county assessor-collector shall 1-14 complete 64 or more classroom hours of instruction that relate to 1-15 the duties of the office and that are accredited by the Board of 1-16 Tax Professional Examiners, the Division of the office of 1-17 comptroller with responsibility for property taxes, the division of 1-18 the Texas Department of Transportation with responsibility for 1-19 motor vehicles, or the secretary of state as continuing education 1-20 credits for the office of county assessor-collector. 1-21 (b) A county assessor-collector shall, before the date of 1-22 the beginning of a full term, certify completion of the 1-23 requirements of Subsection (a) to the executive director of the 1-24 Board of Tax Professional Examiners. 2-1 (c) For the purposes of removal under Subchapter B, Chapter 2-2 87, Local Government Code, "incompetency" in the case of a county 2-3 assessor-collector includes the failure to comply with the 2-4 requirements of this section. 2-5 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-10 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-11 passage, and it is so enacted.