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than the local law enforcement agency that operates the county jail , to investigate the death as soon as possible .
( b ) The commission shall adopt any rules necessary relating to the appointment of a law enforcement agency under Subsection
( a ), including rules relating to cooperation between law enforcement agencies and to procedures for handling evidence .
SECTION 3.08 . The changes in law made by this article to Article 17.032 , Code of Criminal Procedure , apply only to a personal bond that is executed on or after the effective date of this Act . A personal bond executed before the effective date of executed , and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose .
SECTION 3.09 . Not later than January 1 , 2018 , the Commission on Jail Standards shall :
( 1 ) adopt the rules and procedures required by Section 511.009 ( d ), Government Code , as added by this article , and the rules required by Section 511.021 ( b ), Government Code , as added by this article ; and
( 2 ) prescribe the form required by Section 511.020 ( b ), Government Code , as added by this article .
SECTION 3.10 . Not later than September 1 , 2018 , the Commission on Jail Standards shall adopt the rules and procedures required by Section 511.009 ( a )( 23 ), Government Code , as added by this article . On and after September 1 , 2020 , a county jail shall comply with any rule or procedure adopted by the Commission on Jail Standards under that subdivision .
SECTION 3.11 . To the extent of any conflict , this Act prevails over another Act of the 85th Legislature , Regular Session , 2017 , relating to non-substantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes .
ARTICLE 4 . PEACE OFFICER AND COUNTY JAILER TRAINING
SECTION 4.01 . Chapter 511 , Government Code , is amended by adding Section 511.00905 to read as follows :
Sec . 511.00905 . JAIL ADMINISTRATOR POSITION ; EXAMINATION REQUIRED . ( a ) The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall develop and the commission shall approve an examination for a person assigned to the jail administrator position overseeing a county jail .
( b ) The commission shall adopt rules requiring a person , other than a sheriff , assigned to the jail administrator position overseeing a county jail to pass the examination not later than the 180th day after the date the person is assigned to that position . The rules must provide that a person who fails the examination may be immediately removed from the position and may not be reinstated until the person passes the examination .
( c ) The sheriff of a county shall perform the duties of the jail administrator position at any time there is not a person available who satisfies the examination requirements of this
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