| 1 | 1 | | By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 138 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Meyer) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the exemption fr |
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| 8 | 8 | | om range instruction for certain |
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| 9 | 9 | | persons applying to obtain a license to carry a handgun. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 411.1881(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 12 | | to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, |
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| 14 | 14 | | a person may not be required to complete the range instruction |
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| 15 | 15 | | portion of a handgun proficiency course to obtain a license issued |
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| 16 | 16 | | under this subchapter if the person: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) is currently serving in or is honorably discharged |
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| 18 | 18 | | from: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) the army, navy, air force, coast guard, or |
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| 20 | 20 | | marine corps of the United States or an auxiliary service or reserve |
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| 21 | 21 | | unit of one of those branches of the armed forces; or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (B) the Texas military forces, as defined by |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 437.001; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) has, within the 10 [five] years preceding the date |
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| 25 | 25 | | of the person's application for the license, completed as part of |
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| 26 | 26 | | the person's service with the armed forces or Texas military |
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| 27 | 27 | | forces: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (A) a course of training in firearm [handgun] |
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| 29 | 29 | | proficiency or familiarization; or |
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| 30 | 30 | | (B) a range qualification process for firearm |
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| 31 | 31 | | usage [as part of the person's service with the armed forces or |
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| 32 | 32 | | Texas military forces]. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2017, the director of |
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| 34 | 34 | | the Department of Public Safety shall adopt the forms and |
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| 35 | 35 | | procedures required by Section 411.1881, Government Code, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | amended by this Act. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 38 | 38 | | to an application to obtain a license to carry a handgun submitted |
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| 39 | 39 | | on or after December 1, 2017. An application submitted before |
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| 40 | 40 | | December 1, 2017, is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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| 41 | 41 | | application was submitted, and the former law is continued in |
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| 42 | 42 | | effect for that purpose. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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