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.