SRC-JRN S.B. 1633 75(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 1633 By: Duncan State Affairs 4-6-97 As Filed DIGEST Currently, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE) is composed of one police chief, one sheriff, one constable, three police officers, and three citizens. The mission of TCLEOSE is to raise the standards of policing in Texas through training and education. This bill increases the membership composition of TCLEOSE in order to increase the training and educational mission of the organization. PURPOSE As proposed, S.B. 1633 increases the membership composition of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education in order to increase the training and educational mission of the organization. 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 Sections 415.004(a) and (b), Government Code, to require the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCLEOSE), to be composed of 12, rather than nine, members. Requires two, rather than three, members of TCLEOSE to be a sheriff or constable and one member to be a full-time municipal law enforcement training coordinator. Requires the term of one of the three members to expire every two years. Requires three members of TCLEOSE to be municipal chiefs of police, and the term of one of those three members to expire every two years. Requires the population of the municipality of each one of the chiefs of police to be a certain number and sets forth the population requirements. Requires two of the three members of TCLEOSE, licensed under this chapter, to be peace officers in nonsupervisory positions. Requires the term of one of the three appointed peace officer members to expire every two years. Requires three members of TCLEOSE to be members of the general public, and requires the term of one of those three members to expire every two years. SECTION 2. (a) Requires the governor to appoint three additional members to TCLEOSE for purposes of bringing this Act into compliance. (b) Requires the governor to appoint a full-time municipal law enforcement training coordinator, and two chiefs of police of municipalities with one population having at least 250,000, and the other having a population greater than 25,000, but less than 250,000. (c) Sets forth expiration dates for appointments the governor is required to make. Requires the governor to appoint members to full six-year terms, as certain appointed terms expire. SECTION 3. (a) Requires the governor to appoint members to TCLEOSE, in accordance with this section. (b)-(f) Sets forth conditions for appointment of certain members to TCLEOSE by the governor. SECTION 4. Effective date: August 29, 1997. SECTION 5. Emergency clause.