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Amend CSHB 7 by adding an appropriately numbered new SECTION
to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly, to
read as follows:
SECTION ____. Chapter 31, Insurance Code, is amended by
adding Section 31.046, as follows.
"Sec. 31.046. Training Program for Commissioner. (a)
Before a person may assume the commissioner's duties and before
that person may be confirmed by the senate, the person must complete
the training program established under this section.
(b) A training program established under this section shall
provide information to the commissioner regarding:
(1) the enabling legislation that created the
Department and its policymaking body to which the commissioner is
appointed to serve;
(2) the programs operated by the Department;
(3) the role and functions of the Department;
(4) the rules of the Department with an emphasis on the
rules that related to disciplinary and investigatory authority;
(5) the current budget for the Department;
(6) the results of the most recent formal audit of the
Department;
(7) the requirements of Chapters 551, 552, and 2001,
Government Code;
(8) the requirements of the conflict of interest laws
and other laws relating to public officials; and
(9) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the
commission or the Texas Ethics Commission."