By Rhodes, et al. H.B. No. 752 74R3179 PEP-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to eligibility for certain law enforcement training 1-3 programs and examinations. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 415.031, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-7 (e) The commission by rule shall establish minimum 1-8 qualifications for a person to enroll in a training program that 1-9 provides instruction in defensive tactics, arrest procedures, 1-10 firearms, or use of a motor vehicle for law enforcement purposes. 1-11 A person who is disqualified by law to be an officer or county 1-12 jailer may not enroll in a training program described by this 1-13 subsection. 1-14 SECTION 2. Section 415.056, Government Code, is amended by 1-15 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-16 (e) The commission by rule shall establish minimum 1-17 qualifications for a person to be examined under this section. A 1-18 person who is disqualified by law to be an officer or county jailer 1-19 may not take an examination under this section. 1-20 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-21 (b) The Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and 1-22 Education shall adopt the rules required by Sections 415.031(e) and 1-23 415.056(e), Government Code, as added by this Act, by not later 1-24 than January 1, 1996. 2-1 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.