SRC-HRD S.B. 186 75(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 186
By: Madla
Intergovernmental Relations
1-22-97
As Filed


DIGEST 

Currently, Texas law requires all peace officers to receive 40 hours of
approved training every 24 month period.  One of the purposes of S.B. 1135
(Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
Bill), which passed during the 74th Legislature, was to create a fund to
offset the cost of training paid for by local law enforcement agencies.
This bill authorizes the use of this fund only for local law enforcement
agencies rather than for local and state law enforcement agencies.  

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 186 provides that state general revenue funds that are
allocated to the continuing education of peace officers go to persons who
are compensated by a political subdivision of the state. 

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 415.0845(a), Government Code, to require the
comptroller to allocate money deposited in the general revenue fund to the
credit of law enforcement officer standards and education account for
expenses related to the continuing education of persons licensed under
this chapter so that 80 percent of the money is allocated to all local law
enforcement agencies and is reserved for a person who is compensated by a
political subdivision of the state, rather than by the state or a
political subdivision of the state, and is entitled to all employee
benefits by the political subdivision, rather than by the state or the
political subdivision.  

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  December 31, 1997.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.