Section 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).Tex. Health and Safety Code § 829.002
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1331, Sec. 1, eff. 7/1/2008.