Bill Text: TX HB3412 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the qualifications for certain positions with the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3412 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3412-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3412 |
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relating to the qualifications for certain positions with the | ||
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 411.0223, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.0223. APPOINTMENT OF HIGHEST-RANKING OFFICERS. | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an officer is eligible | ||
for appointment by the director to chief [ |
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Texas Rangers only if the officer has at least five years of | ||
supervisory experience as a commissioned member of the Texas | ||
Rangers. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an officer is | ||
eligible for appointment by the director to assistant chief [ |
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least four years of supervisory experience as a commissioned member | ||
of the Texas Rangers. | ||
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for appointment to chief or assistant chief [ |
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an officer to the position of chief or assistant chief of the Texas | ||
Rangers [ |
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officer has at least two years of supervisory experience as a | ||
commissioned member of the Texas Rangers. | ||
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an officer is | ||
eligible for appointment by the director to the rank of major of the | ||
Texas Rangers only if the officer has at least one year of | ||
supervisory experience as a captain of the Texas Rangers. | ||
(e) If there are fewer than two qualified captains for | ||
appointment to the rank of major of the Texas Rangers, the director | ||
may appoint a lieutenant to the position of major of the Texas | ||
Rangers only if the lieutenant has at least two years of supervisory | ||
experience as a commissioned member of the Texas Rangers. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3412 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3412 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |