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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the continuing education requirements for chiefs of |
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police. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 96.641(b) and (d), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Each police chief must receive at least 40 hours of |
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continuing education provided by the institute under this section |
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each 24-month period. The Commission on Law Enforcement Officer |
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Standards and Education by rule shall establish a uniform 24-month |
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continuing education training period. |
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(d) A newly appointed or elected police chief shall complete |
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the initial training program for new chiefs not later than the |
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second anniversary of that individual's appointment or election as |
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chief. The initial training program for new chiefs is in addition |
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to the initial training and continuing education required by |
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Chapter 1701, Occupations Code [415, Government Code]. The |
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Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education by |
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rule shall establish that the first continuing education training |
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period for an individual under Subsection (b) begins on the first |
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day of the first uniform continuing education training period that |
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follows [The first 24-month period begins under Subsection (b) for
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an individual who completes the initial training program for new
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chiefs on the first anniversary of] the date the individual |
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completed the initial training program. |
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SECTION 2. The Commission on Law Enforcement Officer |
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Standards and Education by rule shall provide an orderly transition |
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for chiefs of police to a uniform continuing education training |
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period under Section 96.641, Education Code, as amended by this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |