Texas § GV.511.00905 - JAIL ADMINISTRATOR POSITION
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§ GV.511.00905. JAIL ADMINISTRATOR POSITION
JAIL ADMINISTRATOR POSITION; EXAMINATION REQUIRED. (a) The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall develop and the commission shall approve an examination for a person assigned to the jail administrator position overseeing a county jail. (b) The commission shall adopt rules requiring a person, other than a sheriff, assigned to the jail administrator position overseeing a county jail to pass the examination not later than the 180th day after the date the person is assigned to that position. The rules must provide that a person who fails the examination may be immediately removed from the position and may not be reinstated until the person passes the examination. (c) The sheriff of a county shall perform the duties of the jail administrator position at any time there is not a person available who satisfies the examination requirements of this section. (d) A person other than a sheriff may not serve in the jail administrator position of a county jail unless the person satisfies the examination requirement of this section. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1849 ), Sec. 4.01, eff. September 1, 2017.
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