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Tex. Occ. Code § 1701.302

CERTAIN ELECTED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; LICENSE REQUIRED

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Crawford v. State (2004)

Most recently applied in Crawford v. State (February 2004)

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

(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 source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.