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78R7357 YDB-F

By:  Averitt                                                      S.B. No. 1845



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to license eligibility for certain law enforcement 
officers.       
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is 
amended by adding Section 1701.162 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1701.162.  LIMITATION ON EDUCATION REQUIREMENT.  The 
commission may not adopt a rule that requires an applicant to hold 
an associate degree conferred by a junior college or a higher 
academic degree conferred by an institution of higher education to 
be eligible for a license under this chapter.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.