
§ 11.110. TRAINING.  (a) A person who is appointed to and 
qualifies for office as a member of the finance commission may not 
vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a 
meeting of the finance commission until the person completes a 
training program that complies with this section.
	(b)  The training program must provide the person with 
information regarding:
		(1)  the legislation that created the finance agencies 
and the finance commission;
		(2)  the programs operated by the finance agencies;                           
		(3)  the role and functions of the finance agencies;                          
		(4)  the rules of the finance commission with an 
emphasis on the rules that relate to disciplinary and investigatory 
authority;
		(5)  the current budget for the finance agencies;                             
		(6)  the results of the most recent formal audit of the 
finance agencies;   
		(7)  the requirements of:                                                     
			(A)  the open meetings law, Chapter 551, 
Government Code;                  
			(B)  the public information law, Chapter 552, 
Government Code;             
			(C)  the administrative procedure law, Chapter 
2001, Government Code;  and 
			(D)  other laws relating to public officials, 
including conflict-of-interest laws;  and
		(8)  any applicable ethics policies adopted by the 
finance commission or the Texas Ethics Commission.
	(c)  A person appointed to the finance commission is entitled 
to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, 
for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program 
regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before 
or after the person qualifies for office.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 867, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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