BILL ANALYSIS


                                                         H.B. 752
                                          By: Rhodes (Armbrister)
                                                 Criminal Justice
                                                          5-12-95
                              Senate Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

Currently, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer
Standards and Education has the authority and power to promulgate
rules and regulations for administration, including establishing
minimum standards for admission to employment as a peace officer,
to approve institutions and facilities for schools for the purpose
of training peace officers or recruits, and to operate schools and
conduct courses, both preparatory, in-service, basic and advanced
courses for peace officers and recruits.

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 752 requires the Commission on Law Enforcement
Officer Standards and Education to establish rules governing
certain training programs and examinations.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that rulemaking authority is granted
to the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and
Education in SECTIONS 1 and 2 (Sections 415.031(e) and 415.056(e),
Government Code) of this bill.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 415.031, Government Code, by adding
Subsection (e), to require the Commission on Law Enforcement
Officer Standards and Education (commission) to establish, by rule,
minimum qualifications for a person to enroll in a training program
that provides instruction in defensive tactics, arrest procedures,
firearms, or use of a motor vehicle for law enforcement purposes. 
Prohibits a person who is disqualified by law to be an officer or
county jailer from enrolling in a training program described by
this subsection.

SECTION 2. Amends Section 415.056, Government Code, by adding
Subsection (e), to require the commission, by rule, to establish
minimum qualifications for a person to be examined under this
section.  Prohibits a person who is disqualified by law to be an
officer or county jailer from taking an examination under this
section.

SECTION 3. (a)  Effective date: September 1, 1995.

     (b)  Requires the commission to adopt the rules required by
     Sections 415.031(e) and 415.056(e), Government Code, not later
     than January 1, 1996.
     
SECTION 4. Emergency clause.