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.
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