Tex. Gov't Code § 444.014 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
TRAINING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall establish a training program for commission members.
(b) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the commission may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the commission until the person completes a training program that complies with this section.
(c) The training program must provide the person with information regarding:
(1) the legislation that created the commission; its programs, functions, rules, and budget;
(2) the results of the most recent formal audit of the commission;
(3) the requirements of laws relating to open meetings, public information, administrative procedure, and conflict of interest; and
(4) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the commission or the Texas Ethics Commission.
(d) 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 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 108, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1232 (H.B. 2460), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.444.htm
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