Tex. Gov't Code § 33.0043 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
COMMISSION MEMBER TRAINING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the commission shall complete a training program that complies with this section.
(b) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:
(1) the legislation that created the commission;
(2) the programs operated by the commission;
(3) the role and functions of the commission;
(4) the rules of the commission with an emphasis on the rules that relate to disciplinary and investigatory authority;
(5) the current budget for the commission;
(6) the results of the most recent formal audit of the commission;
(7) the requirements of laws relating to public officials, including conflict-of-interest laws; and
(8) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the commission or the Texas Ethics Commission.
(c) A person appointed to the commission is entitled to reimbursement, as provided by the General Appropriations Act, for the travel expenses incurred in attending the training program regardless of whether the attendance at the program occurs before or after the person qualifies for office.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 917, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.33.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 43000755617d60e7d5ca07b5fc7103de46ddb81040359e3499c900dcfc361e08
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.