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1		-	H.B. No. 3503
	1	+	By: Anderson (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 3503
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2019;
	3	+	May 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
	4	+	Justice; May 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
	5	+	Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to firearms training for county jailers.
6	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7	13		SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
8	14		amended by adding Section 1701.2561 to read as follows:
9	15		Sec. 1701.2561. FIREARMS TRAINING FOR COUNTY JAILERS. (a)
10	16		The commission shall develop a basic training program in the use of
11	17		firearms by county jailers. The program must provide instruction
12	18		in:
13	19		(1) legal limitations on the use of firearms and on the
14	20		powers and authority of jailers;
15	21		(2) range firing and procedure;
16	22		(3) firearms safety and maintenance; and
17	23		(4) other topics determined by the commission to be
18	24		necessary for the responsible use of firearms by jailers.
19	25		(b) The commission shall administer the training program
20	26		and shall issue a certificate of firearms proficiency to each
21	27		county jailer the commission determines has successfully completed
22	28		the program.
23	29		(c) A county jailer who is issued a certificate of firearms
24	30		proficiency and who maintains weapons proficiency in accordance
25	31		with Section 1701.355 may carry a firearm:
26	32		(1) during the course of performing duties as a county
27	33		jailer, including while transporting persons confined in the county
28	34		jail; and
29	35		(2) while traveling to or from the jailer's place of
30	36		assignment.
31	37		SECTION 2. Section 1701.355, Occupations Code, is amended
32	38		by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsection (b) to read as
33	39		follows:
34	40		(a-1) An agency that employs one or more county jailers who
35	41		have been issued a certificate of firearms proficiency under
36	42		Section 1701.2561 shall designate a firearms proficiency officer
37	43		and require the jailers to demonstrate weapons proficiency to the
38	44		firearms proficiency officer at least annually. The agency shall
39	45		maintain records of the weapons proficiency of the agency's
40	46		jailers. A county jailer's failure to demonstrate weapons
41	47		proficiency does not affect the county jailer's license under this
42	48		chapter.
43	49		(b) On request, the commission may waive the requirement
44	50		that a peace officer or county jailer demonstrate weapons
45	51		proficiency on a determination by the commission that the
46	52		requirement causes a hardship.
47	53		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
48	54		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
49	55		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
50	56		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
51	57		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
52		-	______________________________ ______________________________
53		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
54		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3503 was passed by the House on May
55		-	10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not
56		-	voting.
57		-	______________________________
58		-	Chief Clerk of the House
59		-	I certify that H.B. No. 3503 was passed by the Senate on May
60		-	20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
61		-	______________________________
62		-	Secretary of the Senate
63		-	APPROVED: _____________________
64		-	Date
65		-	_____________________
66		-	Governor
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