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