By: Hughes S.B. No. 929
(Thompson of Brazoria)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to continuing education requirements for county tax
assessor-collectors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.231(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(b) In addition to the requirement described by Subsection
(a), a county assessor-collector shall:
(1) successfully complete continuing education
courses on ethics and on the constitutional and statutory duties of
the county assessor-collector not later than the 90th day after the
date on which the county assessor-collector first takes office; and
(2) if the county assessor-collector assesses or
collects property taxes, successfully complete at least 40 hours of
continuing education courses on the assessment and collection of
property taxes, including a course dedicated to Chapter 26, not
later than the first anniversary of the date on which the county
assessor-collector first takes office.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a county assessor-collector whose first term of office as county
assessor-collector begins on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 3. 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, 2017.