- (a) An agency chief administrator is responsible for making any and all reports and submitting any and all documents required of that agency by the commission.
- (b) An individual who is appointed or elected to the position of the chief administrator of a law enforcement agency shall notify the Commission of the date of appointment and title, through a form prescribed by the Commission within 30 days of such appointment.
- (c) An agency chief administrator must comply with the appointment and/or retention requirements under Subchapter L of the Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1701.
- (d) An agency chief administrator must report to the commission within 30 days, any change in the agency's name, physical location, mailing address, electronic mail address, or telephone number.
- (e) An agency chief administrator must report, in a standard format, incident-based data compiled in accordance with Texas Occupations Code §1701.164.
- (f) Line of duty deaths shall be reported to the commission in current peace officers' memorial reporting formats.
- (g) An agency chief administrator has an obligation to determine that all appointees are able to safely and effectively perform the essential job functions. An agency chief administrator may require a fit for duty review upon identifying factors that indicate an appointee may no longer be able to perform job-related functions safely and effectively. These factors should be based on objective evidence and a reasonable basis that the cause may be attributable to a medical or psychological condition or impairment.
- (h) An agency must provide training on employment issues identified in Texas Occupations Code §1701.402 and field training.
- (i) An agency must provide continuing education training required in Texas Occupations Code §1701.351 and §1701.352.
- (j) Before an agency appoints any licensee to a position requiring a commission license it shall complete the reporting requirements of Texas Occupations Code §1701.451.
- (k) An agency appointing a person who does not hold a commission license must file an application for the appropriate license with the commission.
- (l) An agency must notify the commission electronically following the requirements of Texas Occupations Code §1701.452, when a person under appointment with that agency resigns or is terminated.
- (m) An agency chief administrator must comply with orders from the commission regarding the correction of a report of resignation/termination or request a hearing from SOAH.
- (n) An agency shall notify the commission electronically within 30 days, when it receives information that a person under appointment with that agency has been arrested, charged, indicted, or convicted for any offense above a Class C misdemeanor, or for any Class C misdemeanor involving the duties and responsibilities of office or family violence.
(o) Except in the case of a commission error, an agency that wishes to report a change to any information within commission files about a licensee shall do so in a request to the commission, containing:
- (1) the licensees name, date of birth, last four digits of the social security number, or PID;
- (2) the requested change; and
- (3) the reason for the change.
- (p) The effective date of this section is January 1, 2012.
Source Note:The provisions of this §211.29 adopted to be effective January 1, 2012, 36 TexReg 8978.