Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.051
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 1701.051, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 1701.051. COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP.
Official statutory text
(a) The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement is an agency of this state and consists of nine members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows:
(1) three members who are sheriffs, constables, or chiefs of police;
(2) three members who:
(A) are licensed under this chapter, two of whom are peace officers who, at the time of appointment, hold nonsupervisory positions with a law enforcement agency; and
(B) have been licensed under this chapter for the five years preceding the date of appointment; and
(3) three members who represent the public.
(b) Appointments to the commission shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.
(c) A public officer appointed to the commission serves on the commission as an additional duty of the office.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1172, Sec. 35(1), eff. September 1, 2009.
(1) three members who are sheriffs, constables, or chiefs of police;
(2) three members who:
(A) are licensed under this chapter, two of whom are peace officers who, at the time of appointment, hold nonsupervisory positions with a law enforcement agency; and
(B) have been licensed under this chapter for the five years preceding the date of appointment; and
(3) three members who represent the public.
(b) Appointments to the commission shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.
(c) A public officer appointed to the commission serves on the commission as an additional duty of the office.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1172, Sec. 35(1), eff. September 1, 2009.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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