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AN ACT
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relating to exemptions from continuing education requirements for |
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certain county commissioners. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 81.0025(e), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e) This section does not apply to a county commissioner |
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who: |
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(1) serves in a county with a population of 1.3 million |
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or more; |
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(2) meets at least one of the following requirements: |
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(A) has served continuously for 12 years or more; |
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or |
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(B) is an attorney licensed to practice law in |
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this state for 12 years or more and has completed at least 64 hours |
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of continuing education approved by the County Judges and |
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Commissioners Association of Texas; and |
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(3) attends at least 15 hours of staff briefing on |
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continuing education subjects in each 12-month period as approved |
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by the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1879 was passed by the House on April |
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30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 3, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1879 was passed by the Senate on May |
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26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |