By: Hughes S.B. No. 929 (In the Senate - Filed February 16, 2017; March 1, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; March 29, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 14, Nays 0; March 29, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 929 By: Nelson 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. * * * * *