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