By Stiles H.B. No. 1650
74R2769 DRH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the qualifications of sheriffs.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 85.0011, Local Government Code, is
1-5 amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 85.0011. QUALIFICATIONS. A person is not eligible to
1-7 serve as sheriff unless the person:
1-8 (1) has a high school diploma or a high school
1-9 equivalency certificate; <and>
1-10 (2) is eligible to be licensed under Section 415.058
1-11 and 415.059, Government Code; and
1-12 (3) has completed the training required for licensing
1-13 as a peace officer under Chapter 415, Government Code.
1-14 SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 1 of this Act
1-15 applies only to a person first elected or appointed to the office
1-16 of sheriff on or after the effective date of this Act. A person
1-17 elected or appointed to the office of sheriff before the effective
1-18 date of this Act is covered, for the remainder of the term for
1-19 which the person was elected or appointed, or for any subsequent
1-20 term for which the person serves as sheriff, by the law relating to
1-21 qualifications and continuing education in effect when the person
1-22 was first elected or appointed, and the former law is continued in
1-23 effect for that purpose.
1-24 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-5 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
2-6 Amend H.B. 1650 on page 1, line 12 by adding the following
2-7 after "(3)": "In a county with a population of more than 10,000,".
2-8 Chisum