Bill Text: TX HB1545 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the acceptance of certain high school courses to satisfy part of the training required to obtain a peace officer license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1545 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1545-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1545 |
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relating to the acceptance of certain high school courses to | ||
satisfy part of the training required to obtain a peace officer | ||
license. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1701.1525 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1701.1525. RULES RELATED TO ACCEPTANCE OF CREDIT HOURS | ||
FOR COMPLETION OF CERTAIN HIGH SCHOOL COURSES. (a) The commission | ||
shall adopt rules that establish a procedure under which credit | ||
hours earned for the successful completion of high school courses | ||
that directly relate to law enforcement can be counted toward the | ||
hours of training required of an applicant for a peace officer | ||
license issued under Section 1701.307. | ||
(b) The rules adopted under this section must require that | ||
an applicant submit to the commission a high school transcript that | ||
indicates the applicant earned an endorsement in the public | ||
services category, as described by Section 28.025(c-1), Education | ||
Code. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas | ||
Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
comply with Section 1701.1525, Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
Act. | ||
(b) Section 1701.1525, Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
Act, applies only to an application for a license submitted to the | ||
Texas Commission on Law Enforcement on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act. An application submitted before the effective date of | ||
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the | ||
application was submitted, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1545 was passed by the House on April | ||
13, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, 3 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1545 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |