Bill Text: TX HB2680 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to allocation of money from the law enforcement officer standards and education fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2680 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2680-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to allocation of money from the law enforcement officer standards and education fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2680 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2680-Comm_Sub.html
By: Bonnen of Galveston, Thompson of Brazoria | H.B. No. 2680 | |
(Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Galveston) | ||
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; | ||
May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal | ||
Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.) | ||
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WhitmireX | ||
HuffmanX | ||
BurtonX | ||
CreightonX | ||
HinojosaX | ||
MenéndezX | ||
PerryX | ||
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relating to allocation of money from the law enforcement officer | ||
standards and education fund. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 1701.157, Occupations | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1701.157. MONEY ALLOCATED AND USED FOR TRAINING OR | ||
CONTINUING EDUCATION. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1701.157(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than March 1 of each calendar year, the | ||
comptroller shall allocate money deposited during the preceding | ||
calendar year in the general revenue fund to the credit of the law | ||
enforcement officer standards and education fund account for | ||
expenses related to the continuing education of persons licensed | ||
under this chapter as follows: | ||
(1) 20 percent of the money is allocated to all local | ||
law enforcement agencies in this state in equal shares; and | ||
(2) 80 percent of the money is allocated to all local | ||
law enforcement agencies in this state in a share representing a | ||
fixed amount for each position in the agency, as of January 1 of the | ||
preceding calendar year, that is reserved to a person who: | ||
(A) is licensed under this chapter; | ||
(B) works as a peace officer or telecommunicator, | ||
as defined by Section 1701.001, on the average of at least 32 hours | ||
a week; and | ||
(C) is compensated by a political subdivision of | ||
this state at least at the minimum wage and is entitled to all | ||
employee benefits offered to a peace officer or telecommunicator, | ||
as applicable, by the political subdivision. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
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