BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 230 By: Seliger Local Government 5/24/2021 Enrolled AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT County commissioners are required to complete at least 16 classroom hours of continuing education annually, however, COVID-19 hindered commissioners' ability to travel and meet in person to fulfill these requirements. Therefore, continuing education was permitted online. S.B. 230 permanently strikes the in-person classroom requirement, granting county commissioners the ability to complete their training either online or in-person. In doing so, commissioners across the state may attain their requirements in a more efficient manner. (Original Author's / Sponsor's Statement of Intent) S.B. 230 amends current law relating to the continuing education requirement for county commissioners. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Sections 81.0025(a) and (b), Local Government Code, as follows: (a) Deletes existing text specifying that the 16 hours of continuing education in the performance of the duties of county commissioners that a county commissioner is required to complete at least once in each 12-month period must be classroom hours. (b) Authorizes the continuing education instruction required by Section 81.0025 (Continuing Education) to be completed online with the approval of the commissioners court, except a county commissioner is required to complete the instruction in person in the first 12-month period of the commissioner's first term. SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2021.
BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center S.B. 230
By: Seliger
Local Government
5/24/2021
Enrolled
Senate Research Center
S.B. 230
By: Seliger
Local Government
5/24/2021
Enrolled
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
County commissioners are required to complete at least 16 classroom hours of continuing education annually, however, COVID-19 hindered commissioners' ability to travel and meet in person to fulfill these requirements. Therefore, continuing education was permitted online.
S.B. 230 permanently strikes the in-person classroom requirement, granting county commissioners the ability to complete their training either online or in-person. In doing so, commissioners across the state may attain their requirements in a more efficient manner.
(Original Author's / Sponsor's Statement of Intent)
S.B. 230 amends current law relating to the continuing education requirement for county commissioners.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Sections 81.0025(a) and (b), Local Government Code, as follows:
(a) Deletes existing text specifying that the 16 hours of continuing education in the performance of the duties of county commissioners that a county commissioner is required to complete at least once in each 12-month period must be classroom hours.
(b) Authorizes the continuing education instruction required by Section 81.0025 (Continuing Education) to be completed online with the approval of the commissioners court, except a county commissioner is required to complete the instruction in person in the first 12-month period of the commissioner's first term.
SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2021.