Sec. 143.1055.  APPLICANT FOR BEGINNING POSITION IN POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE.  Notwithstanding any other requirement of this chapter, for any applicant for a beginning position in the police department who has previous experience as a police officer with another police department, the police department may:
(1)  modify the police officer training academy requirements for the applicant; and
(2)  allow the applicant to take the entrance examination before completing the academy training.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 629 (H.B. 2457), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.