| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to the application of certain concealed handgun license |
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| 12 | 6 | | laws to community supervision and corrections department officers |
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| 13 | 7 | | and juvenile probation officers; reducing a fee. |
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| 14 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 411.1882(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 16 | 10 | | to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 11 | | (a) A person who is serving in this state as a judge or |
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| 18 | 12 | | justice of a federal court, as an active judicial officer[,] as |
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| 19 | 13 | | defined by Section 411.201, [or] as a district attorney, assistant |
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| 20 | 14 | | district attorney, criminal district attorney, assistant criminal |
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| 21 | 15 | | district attorney, county attorney, or assistant county attorney, |
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| 22 | 16 | | as a supervision officer as defined by Section 2, Article 42.12, |
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| 23 | 17 | | Code of Criminal Procedure, or as a juvenile probation officer may |
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| 24 | 18 | | establish handgun proficiency for the purposes of this subchapter |
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| 25 | 19 | | by obtaining from a handgun proficiency instructor approved by the |
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| 26 | 20 | | Texas Commission on Law Enforcement for purposes of Section |
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| 27 | 21 | | 1702.1675, Occupations Code, a sworn statement that indicates that |
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| 28 | 22 | | the person, during the 12-month period preceding the date of the |
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| 29 | 23 | | person's application to the department, demonstrated to the |
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| 30 | 24 | | instructor proficiency in the use of handguns. |
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| 31 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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| 32 | 26 | | amended by adding Section 411.1953 to read as follows: |
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| 33 | 27 | | Sec. 411.1953. REDUCTION OF FEES FOR COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
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| 34 | 28 | | AND CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT OFFICERS AND JUVENILE PROBATION |
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| 35 | 29 | | OFFICERS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
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| 36 | 30 | | an applicant who is serving in this state as a supervision officer, |
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| 37 | 31 | | as defined by Section 2, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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| 38 | 32 | | or as a juvenile probation officer shall pay a fee of $25 for the |
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| 39 | 33 | | issuance of an original or renewed license under this subchapter. |
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| 40 | 34 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 41 | 35 | | to a concealed handgun license issued or renewed on or after the |
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| 42 | 36 | | effective date of this Act. A concealed handgun license issued or |
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| 43 | 37 | | renewed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law |
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| 44 | 38 | | in effect on the date the license was issued or renewed, and the |
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| 45 | 39 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 46 | 40 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 41 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 42 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 43 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1376 was passed by the House on April |
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| 44 | + | 16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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| 45 | + | voting. |
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| 46 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 48 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1376 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 49 | + | 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 50 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 52 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 53 | + | Date |
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| 54 | + | _____________________ |
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| 55 | + | Governor |
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