By: Smith (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) H.B. No. 1879
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2015, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to exemptions from continuing education requirements for
certain county commissioners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 81.0025(e), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) This section does not apply to a county commissioner
who:
(1) serves in a county with a population of 1.3 million
or more;
(2) meets at least one of the following requirements:
(A) has served continuously for 12 years or more;
or
(B) is an attorney licensed to practice law in
this state for 12 years or more and has completed at least 64 hours
of continuing education approved by the County Judges and
Commissioners Association of Texas; and
(3) attends at least 15 hours of staff briefing on
continuing education subjects in each 12-month period as approved
by the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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