Tex. Gov't Code § 411.3735 · Subchapter L-1. TEXAS ACTIVE SHOOTER ALERT SYSTEM
CERTIFICATION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Division" means the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
(2) "Public information officer" means an individual who is employed or appointed by a state agency or local government entity and whose duties include communicating with the public during a disaster regarding the disaster.
(b) Each of the following entities shall employ or appoint a public information officer who must obtain certification in emergency communications from the division and complete continuing education on emergency communications as provided by Subchapter K, Chapter 418:
(1) a municipal police department;
(2) a sheriff's office;
(3) a county constable's office;
(4) a school district police department; and
(5) the department.
(c) The chief administrative officer of an agency may be appointed or employed as a public information officer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 361 (H.B. 33), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.411.htm
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