Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.251 · Subchapter F. TRAINING PROGRAMS, SCHOOLS, AND POLICIES
TRAINING PROGRAMS; INSTRUCTORS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall establish and maintain training programs for officers, county jailers, and telecommunicators. The training shall be conducted by the commission staff or by other agencies and institutions the commission considers appropriate.
(b) The commission may authorize reimbursement for a political subdivision or state agency as authorized by the legislature for expenses incurred in attending a training program.
(c) The commission may:
(1) issue or revoke the license of a school operated by or for this state or a political subdivision of this state specifically for training officers, county jailers, recruits, or telecommunicators;
(2) operate schools and conduct preparatory, in-service, basic, and advanced courses in the schools, as the commission determines appropriate, for officers, county jailers, recruits, and telecommunicators;
(3) issue a license to a person to act as a qualified instructor under conditions that the commission prescribes; and
(4) consult and cooperate with a municipality, county, special district, state agency or other governmental agency, or a university, college, junior college, or other institution, concerning the development of schools and training programs for officers, county jailers, and telecommunicators.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 968 (H.B. 1951), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2014.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1701.htm
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- 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
Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.251. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Occupations Code
- Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.253SCHOOL CURRICULUM.Printed as Section 1701.251(c)(1)
- Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.255ENROLLMENT QUALIFICATIONS.Printed as Section 1701.251(a)
- Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.2551BASIC PEACE OFFICER TRAINING COURSE.Printed as Section 1701.251(a)
- Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.256INSTRUCTION IN WEAPONS PROFICIENCY REQUIRED.Printed as Section 1701.251(a)
- Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.451PREEMPLOYMENT PROCEDURE.Printed as Section 1701.251(a)
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