87R13991 SGM-D
By: Ortega H.B. No. 192
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 192:
By: Anderson C.S.H.B. No. 192
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the continuing education requirement for county
commissioners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 81.0025(a) and (b), Local Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A county commissioner must successfully complete at
least 16 [classroom] hours of continuing education in the
performance of the duties of county commissioners at least once in
each 12-month period.
(b) Continuing education instruction required by this
section must be certified by an accredited public institution of
higher education. The instruction may be completed online, except
a county commissioner must complete the instruction in person in
the first 12-month period of the commissioner's first term.
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, 2021.