(a) To qualify for a firearms proficiency certificate for community supervision and parole officers, an applicant must meet the following requirements including:
  (1) currently employed as a community supervision officer by a Community Supervision and Corrections Department (CSCD), or parole officer employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ); and
  (2) successful completion of the commission's current firearms training program for community supervision officers.
(b) The holder of a certificate issued under this section must meet the firearms proficiency requirements at least once every 12 months.
(c) Certificates issued under this section expire two years from date of issuance. Within forty-five days of the expiration of a certificate, a supervision officer may apply for the issuance of a renewal. Supervision officers must meet the requirements in subsections (a)(1) and (b) of this section in order to renew the certificate.
(d) The effective date of this section is July 15, 2010.

Source Note: The provisions of this §221.21 adopted to be effective March 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 235; amended to be effective October 26, 2009, 34 TexReg 6664; amended to be effective July 15, 2010, 35 TexReg 5581