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Texas Local Government Code - Section 85.0025. Continuing Education

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§ 85.0025. CONTINUING EDUCATION.  (a) The Commission on 
Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education may require each 
county sheriff, who is not a commissioned peace officer, to attend 
not more than 40 hours of instruction in law enforcement.  The 
commission shall allow a sheriff at least two but not more than four 
years after the date on which the sheriff assumes office to complete 
the hours of instruction.
	(b)  If a sheriff is reelected to office and had previously 
completed the number of hours of instruction required by the 
commission, the commission may exempt the sheriff from attending 
further courses or may require the sheriff to complete again the 
required number of hours of instruction.
	(c)  The county in which the sheriff serves shall pay for or 
reimburse the sheriff for the cost of the required hours of 
instruction received in this state.
	(d)  The commission shall:                                                     
		(1)  approve course content, course credit, and 
standards for courses;  and 
		(2)  adopt rules and procedures concerning the courses.                       
	(e)  For the purposes of removal under Subchapter B, Chapter 
87, "incompetency" in the case of a sheriff includes the failure to 
complete the hours of instruction in accordance with this section.
	(f)  The commission may waive the requirement that a sheriff 
complete the instruction required under this section if the sheriff 
requests a waiver because of hardship and the commission determines 
that a hardship exists.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1032, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.          

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