Bill Text: TX HB971 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to proficiency certification of law enforcement officers with military service.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-25 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB971 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB971-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 971 | ||
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| relating to proficiency certification of law enforcement officers | ||
| with military service. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1701.402, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (o) to read as follows: | ||
| (o) The commission shall adopt rules to allow an officer who | ||
| has served in the military to receive credit toward meeting any | ||
| training hours required for an intermediate, advanced, or master | ||
| proficiency certificate based on that military service. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt | ||
| rules necessary to implement Section 1701.402(o), Occupations | ||
| Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 971 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 971 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
