S.B. No. 929

	AN ACT
	relating to continuing education requirements for county tax
	assessor-collectors.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 6.231(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as
	follows:
	(b)  In addition to the requirement described by Subsection
	(a), a county assessor-collector shall:
	(1)  successfully complete continuing education
	courses on ethics and on the constitutional and statutory duties of
	the county assessor-collector not later than the 90th day after the
	date on which the county assessor-collector first takes office; and
	(2)  if the county assessor-collector assesses or
	collects property taxes, successfully complete at least 40 hours of
	continuing education courses on the assessment and collection of
	property taxes, including a course dedicated to Chapter 26, not
	later than the first anniversary of the date on which the county
	assessor-collector first takes office.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to a county assessor-collector whose first term of office as county
	assessor-collector begins on or after the effective date of this
	Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 929 passed the Senate on
	April 6, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 929 passed the House on May 4,
	2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 1, two present not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor