By Keel                                         H.B. No. 2704

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the training of certain law enforcement officers and

 1-3     county jailers.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 415.062, Government Code, is amended to

 1-6     read as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 415.062.  PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND PROFICIENCY

 1-8     CERTIFICATES.  (a)  The commission shall issue certificates that

 1-9     recognize professional achievement or proficiency based on law

1-10     enforcement training, education, and experience.  For this purpose

1-11     the commission shall use the employment records of the employing

1-12     agency.

1-13                 (1)  The commission as a requirement for a basic

1-14     proficiency certificate shall require local courses or programs of

1-15     instruction on federal and state statutes that relate to employment

1-16     issues affecting peace officers and county jailers:

1-17                       (A)  civil service;

1-18                       (B)  compensation, including overtime

1-19     compensation, and vacation time;

1-20                       (C)  personnel files and other employee records;

1-21                       (D)  management-employee relations in law

1-22     enforcement organizations;

1-23                       (E)  work-related injuries;

1-24                       (F)  complaints and investigations of employee

 2-1     misconduct; and

 2-2                       (G)  disciplinary actions and the appeal of

 2-3     disciplinary actions.

 2-4                 (2)  The employing agency shall be responsible for

 2-5     providing this training.

 2-6           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

 2-7           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-8     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-9     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-10     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-11     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.