S.B. No. 230
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 with the
approval of the commissioners court, 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 230 passed the Senate on
April 9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 13, 2021, by the
following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 230 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 8, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 120,
Nays 19, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor