(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 must provide information to the adjutant general regarding:
(1) this chapter;
(2) the federal and state programs operated by the department;
(3) the federal and state roles and functions of the department;
(4) the regulations of the department, with an emphasis on disciplinary and investigatory authority regulations;
(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) Chapter 552; and
(B) the federal Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 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 Agreements between this state and the federal government.

Terms Used In Texas Government Code 437.056

  • Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. Source: OCC