By: Perry  S.B. No. 264
         (In the Senate - Filed November 30, 2016; January 30, 2017,
  read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  March 22, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 22, 2017,
  sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 264 By:  Creighton
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to an application made by a county jailer or state
  correctional officer to obtain a license to carry a handgun.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Sections 411.1993 and 411.1994 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 411.1993.  COUNTY JAILERS. (a)   In this section,
  "county jailer" has the meaning assigned by Section 1701.001,
  Occupations Code.
         (b)  A county jailer who holds a county jailer license issued
  under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, may apply for a license under
  this subchapter.
         (c)  An applicant under this section who is a county jailer
  shall submit to the department:
               (1)  the name and job title of the applicant;
               (2)  a current copy of the applicant's county jailer
  license and evidence of employment as a county jailer; and
               (3)  evidence that the applicant has satisfactorily
  completed the preparatory training program required under Section
  1701.310, Occupations Code, including the demonstration of weapons
  proficiency required as part of the training program under Section
  1701.307 of that code.
         (d)  The department may issue a license under this subchapter
  to an applicant under this section if the applicant complies with
  Subsection (c) and meets all other requirements of this subchapter,
  except that the applicant is not required to complete the range
  instruction part of the handgun proficiency course described by
  Section 411.188.
         (e)  A license issued to an applicant under this section
  expires as provided by Section 411.183.
         Sec. 411.1994.  STATE CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS. (a)  A
  correctional officer of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  may apply for a license under this subchapter.
         (b)  An applicant under this section shall submit to the
  department:
               (1)  the name and job title of the applicant;
               (2)  evidence of employment as a correctional officer
  of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and
               (3)  evidence that the applicant has satisfactorily
  completed the correctional officer training program offered by the
  Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including a demonstration of
  weapons proficiency.
         (c)  The department may issue a license under this subchapter
  to an applicant under this section if the applicant complies with
  Subsection (b) and meets all other requirements of this subchapter,
  except that the applicant is not required to complete the range
  instruction part of the handgun proficiency course described by
  Section 411.188.
         (e)  A license issued to an applicant under this section
  expires as provided by Section 411.183.
         SECTION 2.  Section 411.1952, Government Code, is
  transferred to Section 411.1994, Government Code, as added by this
  Act, redesignated as Subsection (d) of that section, and amended to
  read as follows:
         (d)  An [Sec.   411.1952.     REDUCTION OF FEES FOR EMPLOYEES OF
  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.   Notwithstanding any other
  provision of this subchapter, an] applicant under this section must
  [who is a correctional officer of the Texas Department of Criminal
  Justice 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 license issued on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
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