1-1     By:  Armbrister                                        S.B. No. 455
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 30, 2001; January 31, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
 1-4     April 30, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 30, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 455               By:  Armbrister
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to license eligibility for certain law enforcement
1-11     officers.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
1-14     amended by adding Section 1701.3041 to read as follows:
1-15           Sec. 1701.3041.  EDUCATION REQUIREMENT.  The commission may
1-16     not adopt a requirement that an applicant must hold an associate
1-17     degree conferred by a junior college or a higher academic degree
1-18     conferred by an institution of higher education in order to be
1-19     eligible for a license under this chapter.
1-20           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-23     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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