BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 1503 By: White Elections Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Interested parties argue that a person appointed to act as a special peace officer for a polling place should be a licensed peace officer. H.B. 1503 seeks to address this issue. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS H.B. 1503 amends the Election Code to condition a person's eligibility for appointment as a special peace officer for a polling place on the person being licensed as a peace officer by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2011.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 1503
By: White
Elections
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 1503
By: White
Elections
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Interested parties argue that a person appointed to act as a special peace officer for a polling place should be a licensed peace officer. H.B. 1503 seeks to address this issue.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS H.B. 1503 amends the Election Code to condition a person's eligibility for appointment as a special peace officer for a polling place on the person being licensed as a peace officer by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2011.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties argue that a person appointed to act as a special peace officer for a polling place should be a licensed peace officer. H.B. 1503 seeks to address this issue.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 1503 amends the Election Code to condition a person's eligibility for appointment as a special peace officer for a polling place on the person being licensed as a peace officer by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2011.