Texas Local Government Code
§ 81.0025 — CONTINUING EDUCATION
LG § 81.0025Title 3. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT · Part B. COMMISSIONERS COURT AND COUNTY OFFICERS · Ch. 81. COMMISSIONERS COURT · Art. A. ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE
Statute text
View on source(a)A county commissioner must successfully complete at least 16 hours of continuing education in the performance of the duties of county commissioners at least once in each 12-month period.
(b)Continuing education instruction required by this section must be certified by an accredited public institution of higher education. The instruction may be completed online with the approval of the commissioners court, except a county commissioner must complete the instruction in person in the first 12-month period of the commissioner's first term.
(c)To satisfy the requirement of this section, a commissioner is entitled to carry forward from one 12-month period to the next not more than eight continuing education hours that the commissioner completes in excess of the required 16 hours.
(d)For the purposes of removal under Subchapter B, Chapter 87, "incompetency" in the case of a county commissioner includes the failure to complete hours of continuing education in accordance with this section.
(e)This section does not apply to a county commissioner who:
(1)serves in a county with a population of 1.3 million or more;
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 750 (H.B. 1879), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2015. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 144 (S.B. 230), Sec. 1, eff. May 26, 2021.