H.B. No. 1376
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the application of certain concealed handgun license
  laws to community supervision and corrections department officers
  and juvenile probation officers; reducing a fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 411.1882(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A person who is serving in this state as a judge or
  justice of a federal court, as an active judicial officer[,] as
  defined by Section 411.201, [or] as a district attorney, assistant
  district attorney, criminal district attorney, assistant criminal
  district attorney, county attorney, or assistant county attorney,
  as a supervision officer as defined by Section 2, Article 42.12,
  Code of Criminal Procedure, or as a juvenile probation officer may
  establish handgun proficiency for the purposes of this subchapter
  by obtaining from a handgun proficiency instructor approved by the
  Texas Commission on Law Enforcement for purposes of Section
  1702.1675, Occupations Code, a sworn statement that indicates that
  the person, during the 12-month period preceding the date of the
  person's application to the department, demonstrated to the
  instructor proficiency in the use of handguns.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 411.1953 to read as follows:
         Sec. 411.1953.  REDUCTION OF FEES FOR COMMUNITY SUPERVISION
  AND CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT OFFICERS AND JUVENILE PROBATION
  OFFICERS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter,
  an applicant who is serving in this state as a supervision officer,
  as defined by Section 2, Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure,
  or as a juvenile probation officer shall pay a fee of $25 for the
  issuance of an original or renewed license under this subchapter.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a concealed handgun license issued or renewed on or after the
  effective date of this Act. A concealed handgun license issued or
  renewed before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law
  in effect on the date the license was issued or renewed, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1376 was passed by the House on April
  16, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 1, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1376 was passed by the Senate on May
  27, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor