Sec. 431.0245. MANDATORY TRAINING FOR ADJUTANT GENERAL

(a) Before the adjutant general may assume the duties of the office and before the adjutant general may be confirmed by the senate, the adjutant general must complete at least one course of the training program established under this section.

(b) A training program established under this section shall provide information to the adjutant general regarding:

(1) the enabling legislation that created the department;

(2) the federal and state programs operated by the department;

(3) the federal and state roles and functions of the department;

(4) the rules of the department with an emphasis on the rules that relate to disciplinary and investigatory authority;

(5) the current budget for the department with emphasis on state and federal funds;

(6) the results of the most recent formal federal and state audits of the department;

(7) the requirements of:

(A) the open records law, Chapter 552; and

(B) the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. Section 552);

(8) the requirements of the conflict of interest laws and other laws relating to public officials;

(9) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the department or the Texas Ethics Commission; and

(10) the requirements and development of the Master Cooperative Agreement between the state and federal governments.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1021, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.