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| 1 | + | 87R2005 SGM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Ortega H.B. No. 192 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 192: | |
| 4 | - | By: Anderson C.S.H.B. No. 192 | |
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| 7 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 7 | relating to the continuing education requirement for county | |
| 10 | 8 | commissioners. | |
| 11 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 10 | SECTION 1. Sections 81.0025(a) and (b), Local Government | |
| 13 | 11 | Code, are amended to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 12 | (a) A county commissioner must successfully complete at | |
| 15 | 13 | least 16 [classroom] hours of continuing education in the | |
| 16 | 14 | performance of the duties of county commissioners at least once in | |
| 17 | 15 | each 12-month period. | |
| 18 | 16 | (b) Continuing education instruction required by this | |
| 19 | 17 | section must be certified by an accredited public institution of | |
| 20 | - | higher education. The instruction may be completed online, except | |
| 21 | - | a county commissioner must complete the instruction in person in | |
| 22 | - | the first 12-month period of the commissioner's first term. | |
| 18 | + | higher education and may be completed online. | |
| 23 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |