H.B. No. 686




AN ACT

relating to continuing education requirements for certain county 
commissioners.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 81.0025(e), Local Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(e)  This section does not apply to a county commissioner 
who:               
		(1)  serves in a county with a population of 1.3 [1.5] 
million or more;
		(2)  has served continuously for 12 years or more;  and                       
		(3)  attends at least 15 hours of staff briefing on 
continuing education subjects in each 12-month period as approved 
by the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2004.                             




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 686 was passed by the House on March 
31, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 686 was passed by the Senate on May 
27, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor