| 1 | 1 | | 86R11582 TSS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Creighton S.B. No. 2320 |
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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 authorizing county commissioners who hold a license to |
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| 8 | 8 | | carry a handgun to carry the handgun on the premises of a government |
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| 9 | 9 | | court or an office utilized by a court and the form of the handgun |
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| 10 | 10 | | licenses issued to county commissioners. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 411.179(c), Government Code, is amended |
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| 13 | 13 | | to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (c) In adopting the form of the license under Subsection |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a), the department shall establish a procedure for the license of a |
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| 16 | 16 | | qualified handgun instructor or of the attorney general or a judge, |
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| 17 | 17 | | justice, United States attorney, assistant United States attorney, |
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| 18 | 18 | | assistant attorney general, prosecuting attorney, [or] assistant |
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| 19 | 19 | | prosecuting attorney, or county commissioner, as described by |
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| 20 | 20 | | Section 46.15(a)(4), (6), or (7) or (h), Penal Code, to indicate on |
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| 21 | 21 | | the license the license holder's status as a qualified handgun |
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| 22 | 22 | | instructor or as the attorney general or a judge, justice, United |
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| 23 | 23 | | States attorney, assistant United States attorney, assistant |
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| 24 | 24 | | attorney general, district attorney, criminal district attorney, |
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| 25 | 25 | | [or] county attorney, or county commissioner. In establishing the |
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| 26 | 26 | | procedure, the department shall require sufficient documentary |
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| 27 | 27 | | evidence to establish the license holder's status under this |
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| 28 | 28 | | subsection. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding |
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| 30 | 30 | | Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (h) Section 46.03(a)(3) does not apply to a county |
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| 32 | 32 | | commissioner who: |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) carries a handgun; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) is licensed to carry the handgun under Subchapter |
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| 35 | 35 | | H, Chapter 411, Government Code. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. Section 411.179(c), Government Code, as amended |
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| 37 | 37 | | by this Act, applies only to an applicant for an original, |
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| 38 | 38 | | duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun under |
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| 39 | 39 | | Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, as amended by this Act, |
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| 40 | 40 | | who submits the application on or after the effective date of this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 4. Section 46.15, Penal Code, as amended by this |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective |
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| 44 | 44 | | date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of |
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| 45 | 45 | | this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was |
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| 46 | 46 | | committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 47 | 47 | | purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed |
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| 48 | 48 | | before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense |
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| 49 | 49 | | was committed before that date. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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