bill requires 10 yearly training hours for county election officers

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89R5306 JDK-F

By: Hall
S.B. No. 1475

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to annual continuing education requirements for county

election officers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 31.127, Election Code, is

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 31.127. TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION .

SECTION 2. Section 31.127, Election Code, is amended by

adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows:

(c) A county election officer shall complete 10 hours of

instruction on the performance of the election officer's duties

before the first anniversary of the date the county election

officer assumes those duties.

(d) After the first anniversary of the date a county

election officer assumes the duties of office, the county election

officer must complete 10 hours of continuing education courses each

calendar year.

(e) If a county election officer completes continuing

education courses in an amount that exceeds the number of hours

required under Subsection (d), the county election officer may

carry over not more than five hours of excess completed continuing

education courses from one calendar year to the following calendar

year.

SECTION 3. Section 51.605, Government Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:

(f) As part of the 20 hours of initial instruction and of

continuing education courses prescribed under this section, a

county clerk may complete not more than 10 hours of instruction

required under Section 31.127, Election Code, on the duties of an

election officer.

SECTION 4. Section 6.231, Tax Code, is amended by adding

Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:

(b-1) As part of the 20 hours of annual continuing education

prescribed under this section, a county assessor-collector may

complete not more than 10 hours of instruction required under

Section 31.127, Election Code, on the duties of an election

officer.

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.