(a) To qualify, an applicant for a cybercrime investigator proficiency certificate must meet all proficiency requirements, and must have:
  (1) at least two years experience as a peace officer;
  (2) successful completion of the current cybercrimes investigator certification course(s); and
  (3) submitted a completed application, in the format currently prescribed by the commission, and any required fee.
(b) A certificate is valid for two years.
(c) To keep the certificate valid, the holder must successfully complete an update course or be assigned primarily as a cybercrime investigator by the appointing chief administrator once every two years.
(d) If the certificate becomes invalid, a holder may obtain a new certificate under the application standards in this section.
(e) The effective date of this section is January 17, 2013.

Source Note: The provisions of this §221.37 adopted to be effective February 24, 2011, 36 TexReg 589; amended to be effective January 17, 2013, 37 TexReg 10254