1-1 By: Rhodes, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister) H.B. No. 752 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 1995; 1-3 May 2, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal 1-4 Justice; May 11, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to eligibility for certain law enforcement training 1-9 programs and examinations. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 415.031, Government Code, is amended by 1-12 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-13 (e) The commission by rule shall establish minimum 1-14 qualifications for a person to enroll in a training program that 1-15 provides instruction in defensive tactics, arrest procedures, 1-16 firearms, or use of a motor vehicle for law enforcement purposes. 1-17 A person who is disqualified by law to be an officer or county 1-18 jailer may not enroll in a training program described by this 1-19 subsection. 1-20 SECTION 2. Section 415.056, Government Code, is amended by 1-21 adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-22 (e) The commission by rule shall establish minimum 1-23 qualifications for a person to be examined under this section. A 1-24 person who is disqualified by law to be an officer or county jailer 1-25 may not take an examination under this section. 1-26 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-27 (b) The Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and 1-28 Education shall adopt the rules required by Sections 415.031(e) and 1-29 415.056(e), Government Code, as added by this Act, by not later 1-30 than January 1, 1996. 1-31 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-32 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-33 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-34 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-35 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-36 * * * * *