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Texas Occupations Code § 1701.302

Certain Elected Law Enforcement Officers; License Required

Law Enforcement Officers · License Requirements; Disqualifications and Exemptions

(a) Except as provided by Section 85.0011, Local Government Code, an officer, including a sheriff, elected under the Texas Constitution or a statute or appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office must obtain a license from the commission not later than the second anniversary of the date the officer takes office.

(b) The commission shall establish requirements for issuing the license and for revocation, suspension, or denial of the license.

(c) An officer to whom this section applies who does not obtain the license by the required date or does not remain licensed is incompetent and is subject to removal from office under Section 665.052, Government Code, or another removal statute.

Official text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 201 (S.B. 1124), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.

Other codes referenced

Loc. Gov't § 85.0011Gov't § 665.052

Sections that refer to this one

Loc. Gov't § 85.0011Loc. Gov't § 86.0021