Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 37	PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 7	TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER 221	PROFICIENCY CERTIFICATES
RULE §221.25	Civil Process Proficiency

(a) To qualify, an applicant for a civil process proficiency certificate must meet all proficiency requirements including:

(1) at least three years full-time experience in a constable or sheriff's office working with civil process;

(2) successful completion of 40 hours of civil process training, with at least 20 hours completed in the current training cycle; and

(3) pass the approved examination for civil process proficiency.

(b) A certificate will become invalid at the end of a training cycle unless the holder successfully completes a 20 hour course of training in civil process during the training cycle.

(c) If the certificate becomes invalid, a holder may obtain a new certificate under the application standards in this section.

(d) The effective date of this section is September 1, 2016.

Source Note: The provisions of this §221.25 adopted to be effective March 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 235; amended to be effective January 17, 2013, 37 TexReg 10253; amended to be effective July 19, 2016, 41 TexReg 5202