89R5306 JDK-F
By: Hall S.B. No. 1475
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to annual continuing education requirements for county
election officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 31.127, Election Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 31.127. TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION.
SECTION 2. Section 31.127, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:
(c) A county election officer shall complete 10 hours of
instruction on the performance of the election officer's duties
before the first anniversary of the date the county election
officer assumes those duties.
(d) After the first anniversary of the date a county
election officer assumes the duties of office, the county election
officer must complete 10 hours of continuing education courses each
calendar year.
(e) If a county election officer completes continuing
education courses in an amount that exceeds the number of hours
required under Subsection (d), the county election officer may
carry over not more than five hours of excess completed continuing
education courses from one calendar year to the following calendar
year.
SECTION 3. Section 51.605, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) As part of the 20 hours of initial instruction and of
continuing education courses prescribed under this section, a
county clerk may complete not more than 10 hours of instruction
required under Section 31.127, Election Code, on the duties of an
election officer.
SECTION 4. Section 6.231, Tax Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) As part of the 20 hours of annual continuing education
prescribed under this section, a county assessor-collector may
complete not more than 10 hours of instruction required under
Section 31.127, Election Code, on the duties of an election
officer.
SECTION 5. 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, 2025.