By: King of Parker (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 3211
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 13, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 13, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training requirements for peace officers appointed to
supervisory positions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1701.352(d), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) A peace officer who is appointed or will be appointed to
the officer's first supervisory position must receive in-service
training on supervision as part of the course provided for the
officer under Subsection (b) not earlier than the 12th month before
the date of that appointment or later than the first anniversary of
[during the 24-month period after] the date of that appointment.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an appointment made on or after the effective date of this Act.
An appointment made before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the appointment was made,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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