Tex.
Tax Code Section 6.231
Continuing Education
(a)
A county assessor-collector must successfully complete 20 hours of continuing education before each anniversary of the date on which the county assessor-collector takes office. The continuing education must include at least 10 hours of instruction on laws relating to the assessment and collection of property taxes for a county assessor-collector who assesses or collects property taxes.(b)
In addition to the requirement described by Subsection (a), a county assessor-collector shall:(1)
successfully complete continuing education courses on ethics and on the constitutional and statutory duties of the county assessor-collector not later than the 90th day after the date on which the county assessor-collector first takes office; and(2)
if the county assessor-collector assesses or collects property taxes, successfully complete at least 40 hours of continuing education courses on the assessment and collection of property taxes, including a course dedicated to Chapter 26 (Assessment), not later than the first anniversary of the date on which the county assessor-collector first takes office.(c)
Continuing education required by this section must be approved by a state agency or an accredited institution of higher education, including an institution that is a part of or associated with an accredited institution of higher education, such as the V. G. Young Institute of County Government.(d)
A county assessor-collector shall file annually a continuing education certificate of completion with the commissioners court of the county in which the county assessor-collector holds office.(e)
To satisfy the requirement described by Subsection (a), a county assessor-collector may carry forward from one 12-month period to the next not more than 10 continuing education hours that the county assessor-collector completes in excess of the required 20 hours.(f)
For purposes of removal under Subchapter B (Definitions), Chapter 87 (Removal of County Officers from Office; Filling of Vacancies), Local Government Code, “incompetency” in the case of a county assessor-collector includes the failure to complete continuing education requirements in accordance with this section.
Source:
Section 6.231 — Continuing Education, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.6.htm#6.231 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
