By: Flynn (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 3412
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
May 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 14, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 14, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the qualifications for certain positions with the
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.0223, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 411.0223. APPOINTMENT OF HIGHEST-RANKING OFFICERS.
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an officer is eligible
for appointment by the director to chief [the highest rank] of the
Texas Rangers only if the officer has at least five years of
supervisory experience as a commissioned member of the Texas
Rangers.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an officer is
eligible for appointment by the director to assistant chief [the
second highest rank] of the Texas Rangers only if the officer has at
least four years of supervisory experience as a commissioned member
of the Texas Rangers.
(c) If there are fewer [less] than two qualified officers
for appointment to chief or assistant chief [the highest rank or the
second highest rank] of the Texas Rangers, the director may appoint
an officer to the position of chief or assistant chief of the Texas
Rangers [highest rank or the second highest rank] only if the
officer has at least two years of supervisory experience as a
commissioned member of the Texas Rangers.
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an officer is
eligible for appointment by the director to the rank of major of the
Texas Rangers only if the officer has at least one year of
supervisory experience as a captain of the Texas Rangers.
(e) If there are fewer than two qualified captains for
appointment to the rank of major of the Texas Rangers, the director
may appoint a lieutenant to the position of major of the Texas
Rangers only if the lieutenant has at least two years of supervisory
experience as a commissioned member of the Texas Rangers.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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