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AN ACT
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relating to the continuing education requirement for county |
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commissioners. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 81.0025(a) and (b), Local Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A county commissioner must successfully complete at |
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least 16 [classroom] hours of continuing education in the |
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performance of the duties of county commissioners at least once in |
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each 12-month period. |
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(b) Continuing education instruction required by this |
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section must be certified by an accredited public institution of |
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higher education. The instruction may be completed online with the |
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approval of the commissioners court, except a county commissioner |
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must complete the instruction in person in the first 12-month |
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period of the commissioner's first term. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 230 passed the Senate on |
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April 9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 13, 2021, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 230 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 8, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 120, |
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Nays 19, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |