Sec. 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, 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, Chapter 87, 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.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 429 (S.B. 546), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by: 
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 28 (S.B. 929), Sec. 1, eff. May 18, 2017.