{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2022.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 2022.006","heading":"MEMBER TRAINING.","body":"(a) To be eligible to take office as a commission member, a person appointed to the commission must complete at least one course of a training program that complies with this section.\n(b) The training program must provide information to the person regarding:\n(1) the enabling legislation that created the commission;\n(2) the programs operated by the commission;\n(3) the role and functions of the commission;\n(4) commission rules, with an emphasis on the rules that relate to disciplinary and investigatory authority;\n(5) the current budget for the commission;\n(6) the results of the most recent formal audit of the commission;\n(7) the requirements of:\n(A) Chapter 551, Government Code;\n(B) Chapter 552, Government Code; and\n(C) Chapter 2001, Government Code;\n(8) the requirements of the conflict of interest laws and other laws relating to public officials; and\n(9) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the commission or the Texas Ethics Commission.\n(c) A person appointed to the commission is entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses incurred in attending the training program, as provided by the General Appropriations Act and as if the person were a commission member.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 963 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2019.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 13. SPORTS, AMUSEMENTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT","SUBTITLE A-1. TEXAS RACING ACT","CHAPTER 2022. TEXAS RACING COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER A. COMPOSITION AND OPERATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2022.htm#2022.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"2df060ca2b71e6e5a98afb0dd60439ae381161b274f10123236bbf680a208727","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2022.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2022.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}