Texas Statutes
Subchapter G. License Requirements; Disqualifications and Exemptions
Section 1701.302. Certain Elected Law Enforcement Officers; License Required

Sec. 1701.302. CERTAIN ELECTED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; LICENSE REQUIRED. (a) 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.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

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