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.