Bill Text: TX HB2584 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a code enforcement officer performing official duties to possess or carry an instrument used for deterring an animal bite.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2584 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2584-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2584 |
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relating to the authority of a code enforcement officer performing | ||
official duties to possess or carry an instrument used for | ||
deterring an animal bite. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
(h) The provisions of Sections 46.02 and 46.03 prohibiting | ||
the possession or carrying of a club do not apply to a code | ||
enforcement officer who: | ||
(1) holds a certificate of registration issued under | ||
Chapter 1952, Occupations Code; and | ||
(2) possesses or carries an instrument used | ||
specifically for deterring an animal bite while the officer is: | ||
(A) performing official duties; or | ||
(B) traveling to or from a place of duty. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1952.051, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The education requirements adopted under Subsection (b) | ||
must include education regarding the principles and procedures to | ||
be followed when possessing or carrying an instrument used | ||
specifically for deterring an animal bite. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 1952.1051, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1952.1051. CONTINUING EDUCATION. The commission by | ||
rule shall prescribe continuing education requirements for code | ||
enforcement officers and code enforcement officers in training | ||
that: | ||
(1) establish the number of hours of continuing | ||
education required for renewal of a certificate of registration; | ||
(2) establish an approved curriculum that includes | ||
material regarding changes in applicable law and the principles and | ||
procedures to be followed when possessing or carrying an instrument | ||
used specifically for deterring an animal bite; and | ||
(3) provide that the approved curriculum may be taught | ||
by suitable public agencies and by private entities approved by the | ||
department. | ||
SECTION 4. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective | ||
date of this Act, the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation | ||
shall adopt the rules necessary to implement Sections 1952.051 and | ||
1952.1051, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
(b) A code enforcement officer shall complete the education | ||
requirements described by Section 1952.051(c), Occupations Code, | ||
as added by this Act, before the officer may possess or carry an | ||
instrument used specifically for deterring an animal bite as | ||
provided by Section 46.15(h), Penal Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2584 was passed by the House on May 7, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2584 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 19, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2584 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |