By Madla                                               S.B. No. 663
         77R4825 ATP-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the continuing education requirements for a county
 1-3     treasurer.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 83.003, Local Government Code, is amended
 1-6     to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 83.003.  CONTINUING EDUCATION.   (a)  Within one year
 1-8     after the date on which a person first takes office as county
 1-9     treasurer, the county treasurer must successfully complete an
1-10     introductory [a] course of instruction in the performance of the
1-11     duties of county treasurer.
1-12           (b)  After completion of the first year in office, a [A]
1-13     county treasurer must successfully complete in each 12-month period
1-14     at least 20 hours of continuing education [a continuing education
1-15     course] in the performance of the duties of county treasurer [at
1-16     least one time in each 24-month period].
1-17           (c)  The introductory course required by Subsection (a) and
1-18     at least 10 hours of the continuing education required by
1-19     Subsection (b) must be taken at an accredited public institution of
1-20     higher education.  The remaining required classroom hours, wherever
1-21     taken, must be certified by an accredited public institution of
1-22     higher education.
1-23           (d)  To satisfy the requirement of Subsection (b), a county
1-24     treasurer may carry forward from one 12-month period to the next
 2-1     not more than 10 continuing education hours that the county
 2-2     treasurer completes in excess of the required 20 hours.
 2-3           (e)  For purposes of removal under Subchapter B, Chapter 87,
 2-4     "incompetency" in the case of a county treasurer includes the
 2-5     failure to complete a course in accordance with this section.
 2-6           [(d)  A course required by this section must include at least
 2-7     20 classroom hours of instruction in an accredited public
 2-8     institution of higher education.]
 2-9           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.