Bill Text: TX SB1985 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to qualifications for sheriffs in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-01 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1985 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1985-Introduced.html
| By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1985 | |
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| relating to qualifications for sheriffs in certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1701.302, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), an [ |
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| including a sheriff, elected under the Texas Constitution or a | ||
| statute or appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office must | ||
| obtain a license from the commission not later than [ |
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| (a-1) An officer described in Subsection (a) must obtain a | ||
| license from the commission not later than the second anniversary | ||
| of the date the officer takes office if: | ||
| (1) the officer serves a county with fewer than 50,000 | ||
| people; or | ||
| (2) the commissioner's court of the county served by | ||
| the officer votes unanimously to waive the requirement of | ||
| Subsection (a). | ||
| SECTION 2. An officer subject to Subsection (a), Section | ||
| 1701.302, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, who holds | ||
| office on the effective date of this Act must obtain a license from | ||
| the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement by September 1, 2022. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
