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| 1 | 1 | 87R10649 MP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1406 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to police cadet training in certain municipalities. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Chapter 150, Local Government Code, is amended | |
| 10 | 10 | by adding Subchapter D to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | SUBCHAPTER D. POLICE OFFICER TRAINING ACADEMIES | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 150.061. REQUIREMENT TO HOLD CADET TRAINING IN CERTAIN | |
| 13 | 13 | MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This section applies only to a municipality: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) with a population of 950,000 or more; and | |
| 15 | 15 | (2) that operates or sponsors a police officer | |
| 16 | 16 | training academy. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) A municipality whose police department has more than 50 | |
| 18 | 18 | police officer vacancies shall hold a police cadet training class | |
| 19 | 19 | to begin not later than the earlier of: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) the date of a class scheduled to begin; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) a date that will ensure that the cadets graduate | |
| 22 | 22 | not later than one year after the first date the number of vacancies | |
| 23 | 23 | was more than 50. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |