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| 1 | 1 | 86R12453 JSC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Herrero H.B. No. 4381 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the requirements for an honorably retired peace officer | |
| 8 | 8 | to obtain a license to carry a handgun. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 411.199, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b-1) An applicant under this section is not required to | |
| 13 | 13 | complete the handgun proficiency course described by Section | |
| 14 | 14 | 411.188 to obtain a license under this subchapter if the applicant: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) complies with Subsection (b) and the other | |
| 16 | 16 | requirements of this subchapter; and | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) submits the application not later than the fifth | |
| 18 | 18 | anniversary of the applicant's date of retirement from the law | |
| 19 | 19 | enforcement agency. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 21 | 21 | to an application to obtain a license to carry a handgun submitted | |
| 22 | 22 | on or after the effective date of this Act. An application | |
| 23 | 23 | submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | |
| 24 | 24 | law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the | |
| 25 | 25 | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |