Sec. 829.002.  TRAINING REQUIRED.  A person may not perform the duties of an animal control officer unless:
(1)  the person:
(A)  completes a basic animal control course under this chapter not later than the first anniversary of the date the person assumes animal control duties; or
(B)  completed a personnel training course on or before June 30, 2008, under Section 823.004 as it existed on that date; and
(2)  the person completes 30 hours of continuing education under this chapter during each three-year period following:
(A)  the date the person completes the basic animal control course; or
(B)  June 30, 2008, if the person completed a personnel training course under Subdivision (1)(B).
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1331 (S.B. 1562), Sec. 1, eff. July 1, 2008.