Bill Text: TX HB655 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a peace officer training advisory committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB655 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB655-Introduced.html
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| By: Dutton | H.B. No. 655 | |
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| relating to a peace officer training advisory committee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1701.2511 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1701.2511. OFFICER TRAINING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) | ||
| The officer training advisory committee is created. The committee | ||
| is composed of: | ||
| (1) one member of the legislature, appointed by the | ||
| governor and designated by the governor as the chair of the | ||
| committee; | ||
| (2) three members of the senate, appointed by the | ||
| lieutenant governor; and | ||
| (3) three members of the house of representatives, | ||
| appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. | ||
| (b) The committee shall conduct a study of the training | ||
| programs the commission establishes and maintains under this | ||
| chapter for officers who are required to hold a license as provided | ||
| by Section 1701.301. The study must take into account the school | ||
| curriculum, examination requirement, and training programs | ||
| required for a person who seeks to become licensed as an officer. | ||
| (c) The committee shall meet at the call of the chair. | ||
| (d) Not later than December 1, 2020, the committee shall | ||
| report the committee's findings and recommendations to the members | ||
| of the legislature. The committee's recommendations must include | ||
| ways to improve the training programs provided by the commission to | ||
| persons who seek a license as an officer under this chapter. | ||
| (e) This section expires December 1, 2021. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2019, the relevant | ||
| appointing officers shall appoint the members of the officer | ||
| training advisory committee under Section 1701.2511, Occupations | ||
| Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
