1. (a) To qualify, an applicant for a civil process proficiency certificate must meet all proficiency requirements including:

   1. (1) at least three years full-time experience in a constable or sheriff's office working with civil process;
   2. (2) successful completion of 40 hours of civil process training, with at least 20 hours completed in the current training cycle; and
   3. (3) pass the approved examination for civil process proficiency.
2. (b) A certificate will become invalid at the end of a training cycle unless the holder successfully completes a 20 hour course of training in civil process during the training cycle.
3. (c) If the certificate becomes invalid, a holder may obtain a new certificate under the application standards in this section.
4. (d) The effective date of this section is September 1, 2016.

Source Note:The provisions of this §221.25 adopted to be effective March 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 235; amended to be effective January 17, 2013, 37 TexReg 10253; amended to be effective July 19, 2016, 41 TexReg 5202.