HBA-JEK, MPM H.B. 2437 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2437 By: Davis, Yvonne Public Health 3/22/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the Code Enforcement Association of Texas (CEAT) offers certification courses to registered code enforcement officers (officers) in conjunction with the Texas Engineering Extension Service of Texas A&M University. CEAT offers an initial training course for the officers to be certified. Each year thereafter, an officer is required to pay a registration fee to renew their certification, but no additional training is required by law. Without this additional training, officers may not be aware of changes in law that apply to code enforcement. House Bill 2437 requires the Texas Board of Health to establish a continuing education program for officers required for certification renewal. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that rulemaking authority is expressly delegated to the Texas Board of Health in SECTION 1 of this bill. ANALYSIS House Bill 2437 amends law to require the Texas Board of Health, by rule, to prescribe annual continuing education requirements for code enforcement officers and code enforcement officers in training that establish the number of continuing education hours required for a certificate of registration renewal and an approved curriculum that includes material regarding changes in applicable law that may be taught by suitable public agencies and private entities approved by the Texas Department of Health. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.