Texas Tax Code
§ 6.231 — CONTINUING EDUCATION
TX § 6.231Title 1. PROPERTY TAX CODE · Part B. PROPERTY TAX ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 6. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION · Art. B. ASSESSORS AND COLLECTORS
Statute text
View on source(a)A county assessor-collector must successfully complete 20 hours of continuing education before each anniversary of the date on which the county assessor-collector takes office. The continuing education must include at least 10 hours of instruction on laws relating to the assessment and collection of property taxes for a county assessor-collector who assesses or collects property taxes.
(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.
(c)Continuing education required by this section must be approved by a state agency or an accredited institution of higher education, including an institution that is a part of or associated with an accredited institution of higher education, such as the V. G. Young Institute of County Government.
(d)A county assessor-collector shall file annually a continuing education certificate of completion with the commissioners court of the county in which the county assessor-collector holds office.
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Legislative history
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 28 (S.B. 929), Sec. 1, eff. May 18, 2017.