Texas Administrative Code › Title 37 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS › Part 7 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT › Chapter 211 - ADMINISTRATION › Section 211.29 - Responsibilities of Agency Chief Administrators

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(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 retention requirements under 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.