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Amend CSHB 910 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____.  Section 411.205, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 411.205.  REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY LICENSE. (a) A peace officer who knows or reasonably suspects that a person is carrying a handgun, regardless of the manner in which the handgun is carried, may detain the person and, if it is shown the person is carrying a handgun, request that the person display the person's handgun license under this subchapter or other authorization to carry a handgun.
(b)  If a license holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license holder's person when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that the license holder display identification, the license holder shall display both the license holder's driver's license or identification certificate issued by the department and the license holder's handgun license.
SECTION ____.  Section 411.207, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1)  A peace officer may disarm any person carrying a handgun, regardless of the manner in which the handgun is carried, while the peace officer verifies that the person holds a handgun license under this chapter or is otherwise authorized to carry the handgun.