Sec. 201.059. TRAINING ON DEPARTMENT AND CERTAIN LAWS RELATING TO DEPARTMENT. (a) To be eligible to take office as a member of the commission, a person appointed to the commission must complete at least one course of a training program that complies with this section.
(b) The training program must provide information to the person regarding:
(1) this subchapter;
(2) the programs operated by the department;
(3) the role and functions of the department;
(4) the rules of the department with an emphasis on the rules that relate to disciplinary and investigatory authority;
(5) the current budget for the department;
(6) the results of the most recent formal audit of the department;
(7) the requirements of the:
(A) open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code;
(B) open records law, Chapter 552, Government Code; and
(C) administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001, Government Code;
(8) the requirements of the conflict of interest laws and other laws relating to public officials; and
(9) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the commission or the Texas Ethics Commission.
(c) A person appointed to the commission is entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses incurred in attending the training program, as provided by the General Appropriations Act and as if the person were a member of the commission.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1171, Sec. 1.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Last modified: September 28, 2016