85R7526 TSR-D
 
  By: Clardy H.B. No. 1545
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the acceptance of certain high school courses to
  satisfy part of the training required to obtain a peace officer
  license.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1701.1525 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1701.1525.  RULES RELATED TO ACCEPTANCE OF CREDIT HOURS
  FOR COMPLETION OF CERTAIN HIGH SCHOOL COURSES. (a)  The commission
  shall adopt rules that establish a procedure under which credit
  hours earned for the successful completion of high school courses
  that directly relate to law enforcement can be counted toward the
  hours of training required of an applicant for a peace officer
  license issued under Section 1701.307.
         (b)  The rules adopted under this section must require that
  an applicant submit to the commission a high school transcript that
  indicates the applicant earned an endorsement in the public
  services category, as described by Section 28.025(c-1), Education
  Code.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas
  Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt rules as necessary to
  comply with Section 1701.1525, Occupations Code, as added by this
  Act.
         (b)  Section 1701.1525, Occupations Code, as added by this
  Act, applies only to an application for a license submitted to the
  Texas Commission on Law Enforcement on or after the effective date
  of this Act. An application submitted before the effective date of
  this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
  application was submitted, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.