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Advanced Ordinance Investigation
Advanced Substandard Structure Investigation
Coordinated Local Environmental Enforcement
Foreclosure and Property Enforcement
Illegal Dumping Enforcement Training
Illegal Outdoor Burning Update
Senior Official Illegal Dumping Workshop
Advanced Ordinance Investigation
This class is the "next step" for officers holding basic and intermediate certification. It covers a wide range of code enforcement topics at a more advanced level that will help new and experienced officers alike. Topics covered include: Officer ethics; Citizen contact; Dedication to the job; Ordinance abatement process; Picture taking; Gaining entry onto a property; Filing liens and alternate ways to collect liens; Report writing; Common definitions all code officers should know; Administrative search warrants; Abatement options ... voluntary versus court-ordered; and, Impact of City of Dallas v. Stewart on nuisance abatement. Participants also have the opportunity to discuss ordinance enforcement issues concerning their particular environment. This class is appropriate for code enforcement officers, registered sanitarians, city and county attorneys, elected officials and other local government staff needing a good understanding of the issues involved in sound code enforcement. This class has been approved for six continuing education hours for code enforcement officers and registered sanitarians by the Department of State Health Services (no TCLEOSE credits awarded).
This class is the "next step" for officers holding basic and intermediate certification. It covers a wide range of code enforcement topics at a more advanced level that will help new and experienced officers alike. Topics covered include: Officer ethics; Citizen contact; Dedication to the job; Ordinance abatement process; Picture taking; Gaining entry onto a property; Filing liens and alternate ways to collect liens; Report writing; Common definitions all code officers should know; Administrative search warrants; Abatement options ... voluntary versus court-ordered; and, Impact of City of Dallas v. Stewart on nuisance abatement. Participants also have the opportunity to discuss ordinance enforcement issues concerning their particular environment. This class is appropriate for code enforcement officers, registered sanitarians, city and county attorneys, elected officials and other local government staff needing a good understanding of the issues involved in sound code enforcement. This class has been approved for six continuing education hours for code enforcement officers and registered sanitarians by the Department of State Health Services (no TCLEOSE credits awarded).
Advanced Substandard Structure Investigation
Following the decision of the Texas Supreme Court in City of Dallas v. Stewart, many cities are faced with altering the procedures that they have historically followed in declaring private property to be a nuisance. This class covers in detail the twenty-two step process recommended to develop a substandard structure case for local government attorneys following the Texas Supreme Court decision in City of Dallas v. Stewart. Officers following this process will develop cases for their municipal or county attorney that will be comprehensively prepared for attorney scrutiny. This class is appropriate for local government building officials, community development officers, code enforcement officers, registered sanitarians, city attorneys, elected officials and other local government staff needing a good understanding of the process to follow to develop sound substandard structure cases. This class has been approved for six continuing education hours for code enforcement officers and registered sanitarians by the Department of State Health Services (no TCLEOSE credits awarded).
Following the decision of the Texas Supreme Court in City of Dallas v. Stewart, many cities are faced with altering the procedures that they have historically followed in declaring private property to be a nuisance. This class covers in detail the twenty-two step process recommended to develop a substandard structure case for local government attorneys following the Texas Supreme Court decision in City of Dallas v. Stewart. Officers following this process will develop cases for their municipal or county attorney that will be comprehensively prepared for attorney scrutiny. This class is appropriate for local government building officials, community development officers, code enforcement officers, registered sanitarians, city attorneys, elected officials and other local government staff needing a good understanding of the process to follow to develop sound substandard structure cases. This class has been approved for six continuing education hours for code enforcement officers and registered sanitarians by the Department of State Health Services (no TCLEOSE credits awarded).
Coordinated Local Environmental Enforcement
Depending on the participants, this class has the option of going deeply into Texas criminal environmental enforcement or focusing on more general interactions between enforcement agencies. Texas state laws give enormous local environmental enforcement powers to cities and counties. These enforcement powers generally fall into the following categories: (1) municipal code enforcement; (2) criminal health nuisance enforcement; (3) criminal environmental enforcement; and, (4) environmental civil suits for violations of primary state environmental statutes and the rules, orders and permits flowing from these statutes. While the full use of these powers has been given to local governments, fee use them to their fullest capability to create a safe, healthy and prosperous community. This class will use a case study method focusing on illegal dumping, water pollution and illegal waste burning to show the way that communities can take a more comprehensive approach to solving local problems. We will also focus on the blocks to developing coordinated local enforcement programs and ways to overcome these blocks. This class includes one hour credit for code enforcement officers in legislative/legal updates. This class has been approved for six continuing education hours for code enforcement officers and registered sanitarians by the Department of State Health Services, and carries six TCLEOSE hours for peace officers.
Depending on the participants, this class has the option of going deeply into Texas criminal environmental enforcement or focusing on more general interactions between enforcement agencies. Texas state laws give enormous local environmental enforcement powers to cities and counties. These enforcement powers generally fall into the following categories: (1) municipal code enforcement; (2) criminal health nuisance enforcement; (3) criminal environmental enforcement; and, (4) environmental civil suits for violations of primary state environmental statutes and the rules, orders and permits flowing from these statutes. While the full use of these powers has been given to local governments, fee use them to their fullest capability to create a safe, healthy and prosperous community. This class will use a case study method focusing on illegal dumping, water pollution and illegal waste burning to show the way that communities can take a more comprehensive approach to solving local problems. We will also focus on the blocks to developing coordinated local enforcement programs and ways to overcome these blocks. This class includes one hour credit for code enforcement officers in legislative/legal updates. This class has been approved for six continuing education hours for code enforcement officers and registered sanitarians by the Department of State Health Services, and carries six TCLEOSE hours for peace officers.
Foreclosure and Property Enforcement
Foreclosures have made the jobs of code and environmental enforcement more difficult for cities and counties across the state, and things don't promise to get any easier. The purpose of this class is to focus on special problems in code and environmental enforcement caused by increased home foreclosures and vacant properties. The instructional techniques will include (1) lectures, (2) analysis of common scenarios, and (3) participant discussion of techniques. This class has been approved for six continuing education hours for code enforcement officers and registered sanitarians by the Department of State Health Services, and carries six TCLEOSE hours for peace officers.
Foreclosures have made the jobs of code and environmental enforcement more difficult for cities and counties across the state, and things don't promise to get any easier. The purpose of this class is to focus on special problems in code and environmental enforcement caused by increased home foreclosures and vacant properties. The instructional techniques will include (1) lectures, (2) analysis of common scenarios, and (3) participant discussion of techniques. This class has been approved for six continuing education hours for code enforcement officers and registered sanitarians by the Department of State Health Services, and carries six TCLEOSE hours for peace officers.
Illegal Dumping Enforcement Training
This full-day class provides basic training for enforcement officers in Texas criminal laws best suited to be used to control illegal dumping and other forms of pollution. The course focuses on Texas Health & Safety Code Chapters 341, 343, and 365 as well as Texas Water Code Chapter 7(E) and the Texas Outdoor Burning rule [30 Texas Administrative Code 111(b)]. Participants usually include local criminal environmental enforcement officers, police officers and deputy sheriffs, constables, sheriffs, police chiefs, prosecutors, mayors, city managers, and municipal code enforcement officers, registered sanitarians and other interested officials. In addition to teaching the elements of anti-dumping laws in Texas and discussing effective means of enforcing these laws, the class also provides civil municipal code enforcement officers an excellent opportunity to learn how they can work with their police department to move "beyond code enforcement" in particularly difficult cases. This class has been approved for eight continuing education hours for code enforcement officers and registered sanitarians by the Department of State Health Services, and carries eight TCLEOSE hours for peace officers.
This full-day class provides basic training for enforcement officers in Texas criminal laws best suited to be used to control illegal dumping and other forms of pollution. The course focuses on Texas Health & Safety Code Chapters 341, 343, and 365 as well as Texas Water Code Chapter 7(E) and the Texas Outdoor Burning rule [30 Texas Administrative Code 111(b)]. Participants usually include local criminal environmental enforcement officers, police officers and deputy sheriffs, constables, sheriffs, police chiefs, prosecutors, mayors, city managers, and municipal code enforcement officers, registered sanitarians and other interested officials. In addition to teaching the elements of anti-dumping laws in Texas and discussing effective means of enforcing these laws, the class also provides civil municipal code enforcement officers an excellent opportunity to learn how they can work with their police department to move "beyond code enforcement" in particularly difficult cases. This class has been approved for eight continuing education hours for code enforcement officers and registered sanitarians by the Department of State Health Services, and carries eight TCLEOSE hours for peace officers.
Illegal Outdoor Burning Update
These three-hour workshops are designed for any government official or employee to discuss and learn the new provisions of the Texas Outdoor Burning rule. The differences between TCEQ administrative enforcement and local jurisdiction criminal enforcement of the rule will be discussed. All aspects of the revised rule are addressed, and those provisions permitting burning of plant growth waste – both inside and outside cities – are fully reviewed. Participants from cities wishing to prohibit or otherwise regulate burning plant growth waste through local ordinance are encouraged to discuss their current ordinance with their city attorney. The class will also focus on understanding the felony burning provisions of Texas Water Code Secs. 7.182 and 7.183, and local enforcement of these two burning criminal laws will be discussed. This course is ideal for volunteer and paid fire fighters as well as commissioners and county judges. This short course is provided in "pairs," usually one in the morning and another in the afternoon at the same or other nearby location.
These three-hour workshops are designed for any government official or employee to discuss and learn the new provisions of the Texas Outdoor Burning rule. The differences between TCEQ administrative enforcement and local jurisdiction criminal enforcement of the rule will be discussed. All aspects of the revised rule are addressed, and those provisions permitting burning of plant growth waste – both inside and outside cities – are fully reviewed. Participants from cities wishing to prohibit or otherwise regulate burning plant growth waste through local ordinance are encouraged to discuss their current ordinance with their city attorney. The class will also focus on understanding the felony burning provisions of Texas Water Code Secs. 7.182 and 7.183, and local enforcement of these two burning criminal laws will be discussed. This course is ideal for volunteer and paid fire fighters as well as commissioners and county judges. This short course is provided in "pairs," usually one in the morning and another in the afternoon at the same or other nearby location.
Senior Official Illegal Dumping Workshop
These short (three-hour) workshops provide the opportunity for senior elected officials and professional staff to come together with an expert facilitator from TIDRC to focus on local anti-dumping programs. The object is to learn about enforcement options, ask questions, and generally work through the policy issues involved in establishing or growing an effective local enforcement program. Participants commonly include county judges, commissioners, sheriffs, county and district attorneys, misdemeanor and felony judges, police chiefs, county planners, city managers and enforcement officer management. Topics and issues generally touch on program funding options, public education, internal reporting structure for enforcement officers, and facilitating local prosecutors in working these crimes against property and health into their normal processes. This short course is provided in "pairs," usually one in the morning and another in the afternoon at the same or other nearby location. This class has been approved for three continuing education hours for code enforcement officers and registered sanitarians by the Department of State Health Services, and carries three TCLEOSE hours for peace officers.
These short (three-hour) workshops provide the opportunity for senior elected officials and professional staff to come together with an expert facilitator from TIDRC to focus on local anti-dumping programs. The object is to learn about enforcement options, ask questions, and generally work through the policy issues involved in establishing or growing an effective local enforcement program. Participants commonly include county judges, commissioners, sheriffs, county and district attorneys, misdemeanor and felony judges, police chiefs, county planners, city managers and enforcement officer management. Topics and issues generally touch on program funding options, public education, internal reporting structure for enforcement officers, and facilitating local prosecutors in working these crimes against property and health into their normal processes. This short course is provided in "pairs," usually one in the morning and another in the afternoon at the same or other nearby location. This class has been approved for three continuing education hours for code enforcement officers and registered sanitarians by the Department of State Health Services, and carries three TCLEOSE hours for peace officers.
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