82R2311 EES-D
By: Fletcher H.B. No. 480
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the continuing education requirements for certain peace
officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 96.641, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 96.641. INITIAL TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR
POLICE CHIEFS AND COMMAND STAFF.
SECTION 2. Section 96.641, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) The institute may establish and offer a continuing
education program for command staff for individuals who are second
in command to police chiefs. The command staff continuing
education program must satisfy the requirements for the police
chief continuing education program under Subsection (a).
SECTION 3. Section 1701.351, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A peace officer who is second in command to a police
chief of a law enforcement agency and who attends a continuing
education program for command staff provided by the Bill Blackwood
Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas under Section 96.641,
Education Code, is exempt from the continuing education
requirements of this subchapter.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.