86R11582 TSS-D
By: Creighton S.B. No. 2320
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing county commissioners who hold a license to
carry a handgun to carry the handgun on the premises of a government
court or an office utilized by a court and the form of the handgun
licenses issued to county commissioners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.179(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) In adopting the form of the license under Subsection
(a), the department shall establish a procedure for the license of a
qualified handgun instructor or of the attorney general or a judge,
justice, United States attorney, assistant United States attorney,
assistant attorney general, prosecuting attorney, [or] assistant
prosecuting attorney, or county commissioner, as described by
Section 46.15(a)(4), (6), or (7) or (h), Penal Code, to indicate on
the license the license holder's status as a qualified handgun
instructor or as the attorney general or a judge, justice, United
States attorney, assistant United States attorney, assistant
attorney general, district attorney, criminal district attorney,
[or] county attorney, or county commissioner. In establishing the
procedure, the department shall require sufficient documentary
evidence to establish the license holder's status under this
subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 46.15, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) Section 46.03(a)(3) does not apply to a county
commissioner who:
(1) carries a handgun; and
(2) is licensed to carry the handgun under Subchapter
H, Chapter 411, Government Code.
SECTION 3. Section 411.179(c), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to an applicant for an original,
duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun under
Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, as amended by this Act,
who submits the application on or after the effective date of this
Act.
SECTION 4. Section 46.15, Penal Code, as amended by this
Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective
date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was
committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed
before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
was committed before that date.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.