SRC-JFA H.B. 3256 75(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center H.B. 3256 By: Oakley (Whitmire) Criminal Justice 5-10-97 Engrossed DIGEST During the 73rd Legislature, Representative Bill Blackwood passed a bill relocating and consolidating the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas to Sam Houston State University. The institute, later named after Representative Bill Blackwood, provides management training for police officers who would otherwise need to attend the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia for such training. If the school was consolidated into one campus with facilities to provide the essential management training for police officers, training may be better facilitated. This bill would require the training of police management personnel by the joint training program between Sam Houston State Houston University, Texas A&M University, and Texas Women's University to be administered on the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. PURPOSE As proposed, H.B. 3256 requires the training of police management personnel by the joint training program between Sam Houston State University, Texas A&M University, and Texas Woman's University to be administered on the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 96.64(a), Education Code, to require all training of police management personnel by the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas to be administered on the campus of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1997. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.