Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. Line and page numbers may not match official copy. By Solomons H.B. No. 1294 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to continuing education requirements for county 1-3 commissioners. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 81.0025, Local Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: 1-7 (f) In addition to the exceptions under Subsection (e), this 1-8 section does not apply to a county commissioner who serves in a 1-9 county with a population of 250,000 or more and who: 1-10 (1) has served continuously for 12 years or more; and 1-11 (2) in the 12-month period, completes at least three 1-12 semester credit hours of graduate-level course work in a field of 1-13 study directly related to county government with a grade of B or 1-14 higher in each course completed during the period. 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 1998. 1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.